ResearchersfromQueensland'sJamesCookUniversityannouncedonTuesdaythattheAustraliansnubfindolphinwasthefirstnewdolphinspeciestobeidentifiedin30years.TheshyAustraliansnubfindolphinlivesinshallowcoastalwatersinnorthernAustraliaandwasinitiallythoughttohavebeenanIrrawadydolphinusuallyfoundinAustraliaandAsia,butDNAtestsproveditwasadifferentspecies.
澳洲昆士蘭詹姆斯．庫克大學研究員周二宣布，澳洲「扁鰭豚」是三十年來首種獲確認的新品種海豚。這種容易受驚的海豚棲息在北澳沿岸淺水區，最初被誤以為是常見於澳洲和亞洲的伊洛瓦底海豚，但基因測試證實是不同品種。