Scientists expressed surprise and delight recently after a new humpback dolphin species was identified on the coast of northern Australia.
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A global team led by the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society made the discovery after examining almost 200 dead dolphins and tissue specimens from live animals across the Atlantic, Indian and Indo-Pacific oceans.
Humpback dolphins have a vast home range stretching from the tip of Australia all the way to Africa. They are considered native to some 40 countries across Asia, Africa and the Pacific.