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Front. Vet. Sci., 02 July 2019

Sec. Animal Behavior and Welfare

Volume 6 - 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00212

Corrigendum: A Global Reassessment of Solitary-Sociable Dolphins

  • 1. Wild Animal Welfare, Barcelona, Spain

  • 2. School of Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  • 3. Humane Society International, London, United Kingdom

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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) reachedName of dolphinLocationSpecies*GenderFirst seenLast seen / date of deathReferences
1UnnamedMonfalcone, ItalyDdPresumed FJun. 2010Aug. 2011(16)
1StormyWales, UKDd?Dec. 2014Apr. 20154
3 or 4 (2 or 3)Kylie / Colin / DonnaFirth of Clyde, Scotland, UKDdFApproximately 2001Present(17); M. Cosentino, 2018, pers. comm., 2 June.; 5
BennyThames Estuary, UKDl?July 2018Present6, 7
1 or 2SC1Vinodol Channel, CroatiaScFAug. 2004Last seen Jul. 2009(18)
1?Mali Lošinj harbor, CroatiaSc?Aug. 2008Last seen 11 Sept. 2008(19)
1 or 2RudolfOstend & Nieuwpoort, BelgiumTt?2007Last seen 2008 (or possibly 2010)(20); 8
2? (possibly Rudolf)Knokke-Heist, BelgiumTt?Jul. 2010Last seen Oct. 2010(20)
4 (4)BobiKarin Sea, CroatiaTtMApr. 2014Last seen 2016 (or possibly 2017)9, 10, 11, 12
2? (possibly Bobi)Slano, CroatiaTt?Jun. 2017Seen a few times. Possibly still presentD. Crljen, 2018, pers. comm. 18 June;12
4 (5)Dusty / Sandy / MaraNorth Clare / Inis Oírr, IrelandTtF2000PresentR. Meade, 2018, pers. comm. 7 May; 13, 14, 15, 16, 34, 64
1Nimmo / SaltyGalway, IrelandTt?Since at least 2008Present17
2Doogie / DougieTory Island, IrelandTtF2006Last seen? 2008?(5); 18, 19, 64
4 (3)FungieDingle, IrelandTtM1983Present20
2 (5)Clet / Nick / Nobby / George II / HobnobFrance, UK, IrelandTtM2008Last seen summer 20152, 21, 22, 54
1Fiete / FreddyBrittany, France and Kiel, GermanyTtM2016Aug. 2017M. Perri, 2018, pers. comm., 18 May; 3, 23
2Gaspar / Jean Copo'h / Jean Floc'hBrittany, France and Galicia, SpainTtM2003Last seen 201024, 25, 26
1Lilou / WifiBrittany, FranceTtM2007?27, 28
4Randy / Dony / GeorgesUK, Ireland, France, Holland, Belgium.TtMApril 2001Present (Currently in Brittany, France)29, 30
3 (3 or 4)ElcanoNorthern Spain, Western FranceTtMFeb. 2013Last seen Sept. 201331, 32
3 or 4 (5)Zafar / TotoBrittany, FranceTt?Jun. 2017Present61, 33
0?Portsmouth & Isle of Wight, UKTt?Jun. 2017?29
3 or 4 (2)SplashyCornwall, UKTtMJul. 2017Last seen Mar. 2018D. Jarvis 2018, pers. comm., 29 May; A. Lowe 2018, pers. comm., 16 March

Solitary and solitary-sociable dolphins in Europe since 2008.

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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) reachedName of dolphinLocationSpecies*GenderFirst seenLast seen / date of deathReferences
QCape Chignecto, Nova Scotia, CanadaDlM2008Last sighted 19 August 2010 with serious injuries(8); C. Kinsman 2018, pers. comm., 9 November; 37
Leucas / Luke / The Liverpool whaleHalifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDlMMay 2015Last sighted 9 August 2015 (apparently healthy)C. Kinsman 2018, pers. comm., 9 November; 38, 39
Nepisiguit BelugaBathurst, New Brunswick, CanadaDlMJune 2017Last sighted in July 2018 accompanied by another beluga77
5Solitary Social Dolphin / Yera / Sally / Dolly / BeyoncéNew South Wales, AustraliaTaFSept. 2012No longer solitary(9); 40, 41
0?Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, AustraliaTa??PresentG. Storrie 2018, pers. comm., 1 May
4 (5)Stinky/Humpy/RandyGran CaymanTtMApproximately 2009201242, 43, 44
4 (4)PechochoGulf of California, MexicoTtMApproximately 1992Present(10); 1, 45
4 (4)LuceroVeracruz, MexicoTtFApproximately 2003Present46
4 (4)**Beggar / MoochFlorida, USATtM1990Died 2012(11); 42
4 (4)**Dolphin 56East Coast, USATtM1979Last seen Jul. 201147, 48
5KaimiSan Francisco, USATt?Jul. 2016No longer solitaryW. Keener 2018, pers. comm., 23 February; 49
4 (5)JojoTurks & Caicos Islands, West IndiesTtM1980Present(2, 5); 50
4 (?)MokoNorth Island, New ZealandTtMMarch 2007Died Jun. 2010I. Visser, 2018, pers. comm. 22 June; 51, 52, 53

Solitary and solitary-sociable dolphins in the rest of the world since 2008.

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Dl, Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas); Tt, Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus); Ta, Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus).

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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.

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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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*Correspondence: Laetitia Nunny

This article was submitted to Animal Behavior and Welfare, a section of the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science

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