In the original article, there were mistakes in Table 2 and Table 3 as published. The references for the dolphin “Doogie/Dougie” in Table 2 and those for the dolphins “Q, Leucas/Luke/The Liverpool whale, Solitary Social Dolphin/Yera/Sally/Dolly/Beyoncé, Stinky/Humpy/Randy, Pechocho, Lucero, Beggar/Mooch, Dolphin 56, Kaimi, Jojo and Moko” in Table 3, were incorrectly published.
Table 2
| Stage (Level) reached | Name of dolphin | Location | Species* | Gender | First seen | Last seen / date of death | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unnamed | Monfalcone, Italy | Dd | Presumed F | Jun. 2010 | Aug. 2011 | (16) |
| 1 | Stormy | Wales, UK | Dd | ? | Dec. 2014 | Apr. 2015 | 4 |
| 3 or 4 (2 or 3) | Kylie / Colin / Donna | Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK | Dd | F | Approximately 2001 | Present | (17); M. Cosentino, 2018, pers. comm., 2 June.; 5 |
| – | Benny | Thames Estuary, UK | Dl | ? | July 2018 | Present | 6, 7 |
| 1 or 2 | SC1 | Vinodol Channel, Croatia | Sc | F | Aug. 2004 | Last seen Jul. 2009 | (18) |
| 1 | ? | Mali Lošinj harbor, Croatia | Sc | ? | Aug. 2008 | Last seen 11 Sept. 2008 | (19) |
| 1 or 2 | Rudolf | Ostend & Nieuwpoort, Belgium | Tt | ? | 2007 | Last seen 2008 (or possibly 2010) | (20); 8 |
| 2 | ? (possibly Rudolf) | Knokke-Heist, Belgium | Tt | ? | Jul. 2010 | Last seen Oct. 2010 | (20) |
| 4 (4) | Bobi | Karin Sea, Croatia | Tt | M | Apr. 2014 | Last seen 2016 (or possibly 2017) | 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| 2 | ? (possibly Bobi) | Slano, Croatia | Tt | ? | Jun. 2017 | Seen a few times. Possibly still present | D. Crljen, 2018, pers. comm. 18 June;12 |
| 4 (5) | Dusty / Sandy / Mara | North Clare / Inis Oírr, Ireland | Tt | F | 2000 | Present | R. Meade, 2018, pers. comm. 7 May; 13, 14, 15, 16, 34, 64 |
| 1 | Nimmo / Salty | Galway, Ireland | Tt | ? | Since at least 2008 | Present | 17 |
| 2 | Doogie / Dougie | Tory Island, Ireland | Tt | F | 2006 | Last seen? 2008? | (5); 18, 19, 64 |
| 4 (3) | Fungie | Dingle, Ireland | Tt | M | 1983 | Present | 20 |
| 2 (5) | Clet / Nick / Nobby / George II / Hobnob | France, UK, Ireland | Tt | M | 2008 | Last seen summer 2015 | 2, 21, 22, 54 |
| 1 | Fiete / Freddy | Brittany, France and Kiel, Germany | Tt | M | 2016 | Aug. 2017 | M. Perri, 2018, pers. comm., 18 May; 3, 23 |
| 2 | Gaspar / Jean Copo'h / Jean Floc'h | Brittany, France and Galicia, Spain | Tt | M | 2003 | Last seen 2010 | 24, 25, 26 |
| 1 | Lilou / Wifi | Brittany, France | Tt | M | 2007 | ? | 27, 28 |
| 4 | Randy / Dony / Georges | UK, Ireland, France, Holland, Belgium. | Tt | M | April 2001 | Present (Currently in Brittany, France) | 29, 30 |
| 3 (3 or 4) | Elcano | Northern Spain, Western France | Tt | M | Feb. 2013 | Last seen Sept. 2013 | 31, 32 |
| 3 or 4 (5) | Zafar / Toto | Brittany, France | Tt | ? | Jun. 2017 | Present | 61, 33 |
| 0 | ? | Portsmouth & Isle of Wight, UK | Tt | ? | Jun. 2017 | ? | 29 |
| 3 or 4 (2) | Splashy | Cornwall, UK | Tt | M | Jul. 2017 | Last seen Mar. 2018 | D. Jarvis 2018, pers. comm., 29 May; A. Lowe 2018, pers. comm., 16 March |
Solitary and solitary-sociable dolphins in Europe since 2008.
Dd, Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis); Dl, Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas); Sc, Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba); Tt, Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus); Ta, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus).
Table 3
| Stage (Level) reached | Name of dolphin | Location | Species* | Gender | First seen | Last seen / date of death | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Q | Cape Chignecto, Nova Scotia, Canada | Dl | M | 2008 | Last sighted 19 August 2010 with serious injuries | (8); C. Kinsman 2018, pers. comm., 9 November; 37 |
| – | Leucas / Luke / The Liverpool whale | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Dl | M | May 2015 | Last sighted 9 August 2015 (apparently healthy) | C. Kinsman 2018, pers. comm., 9 November; 38, 39 |
| – | Nepisiguit Beluga | Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada | Dl | M | June 2017 | Last sighted in July 2018 accompanied by another beluga | 77 |
| 5 | Solitary Social Dolphin / Yera / Sally / Dolly / Beyoncé | New South Wales, Australia | Ta | F | Sept. 2012 | No longer solitary | (9); 40, 41 |
| 0 | ? | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia | Ta | ? | ? | Present | G. Storrie 2018, pers. comm., 1 May |
| 4 (5) | Stinky/Humpy/Randy | Gran Cayman | Tt | M | Approximately 2009 | 2012 | 42, 43, 44 |
| 4 (4) | Pechocho | Gulf of California, Mexico | Tt | M | Approximately 1992 | Present | (10); 1, 45 |
| 4 (4) | Lucero | Veracruz, Mexico | Tt | F | Approximately 2003 | Present | 46 |
| 4 (4)** | Beggar / Mooch | Florida, USA | Tt | M | 1990 | Died 2012 | (11); 42 |
| 4 (4)** | Dolphin 56 | East Coast, USA | Tt | M | 1979 | Last seen Jul. 2011 | 47, 48 |
| 5 | Kaimi | San Francisco, USA | Tt | ? | Jul. 2016 | No longer solitary | W. Keener 2018, pers. comm., 23 February; 49 |
| 4 (5) | Jojo | Turks & Caicos Islands, West Indies | Tt | M | 1980 | Present | (2, 5); 50 |
| 4 (?) | Moko | North Island, New Zealand | Tt | M | March 2007 | Died Jun. 2010 | I. Visser, 2018, pers. comm. 22 June; 51, 52, 53 |
Solitary and solitary-sociable dolphins in the rest of the world since 2008.
Dl, Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas); Tt, Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus); Ta, Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus).
Interactions were limited to provisioning and touching.
The corrected Table 2 and Table 3 appear below.
Additionally, there were also mistakes in the Footnotes. Incorrect links were published in Footnotes 12, 19, 56, and 67. The correct links for those footnotes appear below.
The authors state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
Statements
Footnotes
12.https://www.24sata.hr/fun/kupace-u-slanom-iznenadio-dupin-koji-se-brckao-s-njima-528246
67.http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/the-jojo-dolphin-project/
Summary
Keywords
bottlenose dolphin, solitary dolphin, sociable dolphin, lone dolphin, solitary-sociable dolphin, beluga, animal welfare
Citation
Nunny L and Simmonds MP (2019) Corrigendum: A Global Reassessment of Solitary-Sociable Dolphins. Front. Vet. Sci. 6:212. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00212
Received
09 May 2019
Accepted
14 June 2019
Published
02 July 2019
Volume
6 - 2019
Edited and reviewed by
Henrik Lerner, Ersta Sköndal University College, Sweden
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