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What is the smallest dolphin species?

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What is the smallest dolphin species?

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A. There is not really one smallest species. The smallest species include: True dolphins (Delphinidae): Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) – 1.3 to 1.8 m Hector’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) – 1.2 to 1.5 m Black dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia) – 1.2 to 1.7 m Commerson’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) – 1.3 to 1.7 m River dolphins (Platanistidae): Franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) – 1.3 to 1.7 m Porpoises (Phocoenidae): Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) – 1.2 to 1.5 m Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) – 1.2 to 1.

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There is not really one smallest species. The smallest species include: True dolphins (Delphinidae): Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) – 1.3 to 1.8 m Hector’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) – 1.2 to 1.5 m Black dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia) – 1.2 to 1.7 m Commerson’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) – 1.3 to 1.7 m River dolphins (Platanistidae): Franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) – 1.3 to 1.7 m Porpoises (Phocoenidae): Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) – 1.2 to 1.5 m Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) – 1.2 to 1.9 m The tucuxi or Amazon dolphin (Sotalia fluviatilis). These dolphins grow to a maximum of 1.9 m (6.