Captive‐born intergeneric hybrid of a Guiana and bottlenose dolphin: Sotalia guianensis×Tursiops truncatus |
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| Authors: | S Caballero C S Baker |
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| Institution: | 1. Laboratory of Molecular Ecology and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;2. Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular de Vertebrados Acuáticos LEMVA, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia;3. Hatfield Marine Science Center, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, Newport, Oregon |
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| Abstract: | Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) live in sympatry along the Caribbean Coast of Central and South America and social interactions between these species have been described in the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica, including sexual encounters. Here we examine and document the only known hybridization event between a male Guiana dolphin and a female bottlenose dolphin, in captivity at Oceanario Islas del Rosario (Colombian Caribbean), using photographic and genetic evidence from mitochondrial DNA markers and nuclear autosomal introns. Zoo Biol 29:647–657, 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
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| Keywords: | hybrid dolphin Guiana dolphin bottlenose dolphin genetics |
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