IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category DD
Data Deficient
Red List Criteria Version 3.1
Year Assessed 2008
Assessor/s Taylor, B.L., Baird, R., Barlow, J., Dawson, S.M., Ford, J., Mead, J.G., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Wade, P. & Pitman, R.L.
Reviewer/s Hammond, P.S. & Perrin, W.F. (Cetacean Red List Authority)
Justification There is no information on global abundance or trends in abundance for this species. It is not believed to be uncommon but it is potentially vulnerable to low-level threats and a 30% global reduction over three generations cannot be ruled out (criterion A).
History -
1996
Data Deficient
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1994
Insufficiently Known
(Groombridge 1994)