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)
Contributor/s 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)