Although some dolphin species, such as the common dolphin and the bottlenose dolphin, are widespread, there are several rare types of dolphins that are not often seen due to their habitat preferences, small population sizes, or both. Here are eight intriguing examples of such uncommon dolphins.Hourglass Dolphin: found in the cold waters of Antarctica’s Southern Ocean and adjacent subantarctic waters.

1. Hourglass Dolphin: found in the cold waters of Antarctica’s Southern Ocean and adjacent subantarctic waters.

2. Irrawaddy Dolphin: found in freshwater environments in Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

3. Short-Finned Pilot Whale: nomadic animals found around the world in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate waters.

4. South Asian River Dolphin: found in rivers in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.

5. Hector’s Dolphin: found exclusively in the waters off of New Zealand.

6. Taiwanese Humpback Dolphin: lives exclusively in the shallow coastal waters of Taiwan’s west coast.

7. Commerson’s Dolphin: found within the inshore waters of Argentina and in the Strait of Magellan, but also at the Falkland Islands and at the Indian Ocean’s Kerguel.

8. Atlantic Humpback Dolphin: found in West Africa, from Western Sahara to Angola.