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title: "Kortsnuitdolfijn"
description: "Cephalorhynchus commersonii — Zoogdieren. Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) is also referred to by the common names jacobita, skunk dolphin, piebald dolphin, panda dolphin, or tonina overa (in South America)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/commerson-s-dolphin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kortsnuitdolfijn

> Cephalorhynchus commersonii — Zoogdieren. Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) is also referred to by the common names jacobita, skunk dolphin, piebald dolphin, panda dolphin, or tonina overa (in South America).

- Scientific name: *Cephalorhynchus commersonii*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 437
- Wikidata: [Q724354](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724354)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41514](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41514)

## Names

- en: Commerson's Dolphin
- de: Commerson-Delfin
- es: Jacobita
- fr: Dauphin De Commerson
- nl: Kortsnuitdolfijn
- pt: Golfinho-de-commerson
- pl: Tonin czarnogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

FK (120), AR (115), CL (111), TF (16)

## Summary

Commerson's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) is also referred to by the common names jacobita, skunk dolphin, piebald dolphin, panda dolphin, or tonina overa (in South America). It is a small oceanic dolphin of the genus Cephalorhynchus. Commerson's dolphin has two geographically isolated but locally common subspecies. The principal subspecies, C.c.commersonii, has sharply-delineated black-and-white patterning and is found around the tip of South America. The secondary subspecies, C.c.kerguelenensis, is larger than C.c.commersonii, has a less-sharply delineated dark and light grey patterning with a white ventral…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerson%27s_dolphin

## Photo

![Kortsnuitdolfijn](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/commerson-s-dolphin/medium.jpg)

Photo: demianlescano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106753246

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/commerson-s-dolphin?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).