TYPE: Correction

Corrigendum to “First photographic evidence of Indo- Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis Osbeck, 1765) from the tidal river Rupnarayan, West Bengal, India”

Dona George¹, Gargi Roy Chowdhury¹, Kanad Roy¹, Pranay Bhatnagar¹, Shovana Ray¹, Qamar Qureshi¹ & Vishnupriya Kolipakam¹,²*

¹Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, 248001, India.
²Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India.

SUBMITTED 22 March 2026
ACCEPTED 24 March 2026
PUBLISHED 30 March 2026

https://doi.org/10.63033/JWLS.AZYA9613

This corrigendum corrects-
First photographic evidence of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis Osbeck,1765) from the tidal river Rupnarayan, West Bengal, India George, D., Chowdhury, G. R., Roy, K., Bhatnagar, P., Ray, S., Qureshi, Q. & Kolipakam, V. (2025). Journal of Wildlife Science, 2(2), 62-65. https://doi.org/10.63033/JWLS.WCCA6033

In the published article, an error occurred in the title where the district name was incorrectly stated. This oversight happened during the initial manuscript submission process and was unintentionally missed by the authors.

Original Title was:
First photographic evidence of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis Osbeck, 1765) from the tidal river Rupnarayan, in Bardhhman district, West Bengal, India

The corrected title is provided as below:
First photographic evidence of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis Osbeck,1765) from the tidal river Rupnarayan, West Bengal, India

Original citation: George, D., Chowdhury, G. R., Roy, K., Bhatnagar, P., Ray, S., Qureshi, Q. & Kolipakam, V. (2025). First photographic evidence of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis Osbeck, 1765) from the tidal river Rupnarayan, in Bardhhman district, West Bengal, India. Journal of Wildlife Science, 2(2), 62-65. https://doi.org/10.63033/JWLS.WCCA6033

Revised citation: George, D., Chowdhury, G. R., Roy, K., Bhatnagar, P., Ray, S., Qureshi, Q. & Kolipakam, V. (2025). First photographic evidence of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis Osbeck,1765) from the tidal river Rupnarayan, West Bengal, India. Journal of Wildlife Science, Online Early Publication, 01- 04. https://doi.org/10.63033/JWLS.WCCA6033

The authors confirm that this correction does not affect the results, interpretation, or conclusions of the study. The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Editorial Note
The original article has been updated to reflect this correction. The corrigendum is linked to the original article to maintain the integrity of the scholarly record. This correction has been made to the article metadata, online version, and PDF, and will be reflected in indexing databases.

Edited By
Mewa Singh
University of Mysore, Mysore, India.

*CORRESPONDENCE
Vishnupriya Kolipakam
vishnupriya@wii.gov.in

CITATION
George, D., Chowdhury, G. R., Roy, K., Bhatnagar, P., Ray, S., Qureshi, Q. & Kolipakam, V. (2026). Corrigendum to "First photographic evidence of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis Osbeck, 1765) from tidal river Rupnarayan, West Bengal, India". Journal of Wildlife Science, 3(1), 43. https://doi.org/10.63033/JWLS.AZYA9613

COPYRIGHT
© 2025 George, Chowdhury, Roy, Bhatnagar, Ray, Qureshi & Kolipakam. This is an open-access article, immediately and freely available to read, download, and share. The information contained in this article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), allowing for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited in accordance with accepted academic practice. Copyright is retained by the author(s).

PUBLISHED BY
Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, 248 001 INDIA

PUBLISHER'S NOTE
The Publisher, Journal of Wildlife Science or Editors cannot be held responsible for any errors or consequences arising from the use of the information contained in this article. All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organisations or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated or used in this article or claim made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.

Edited By
Mewa Singh
University of Mysore, Mysore, India.

*CORRESPONDENCE
Vishnupriya Kolipakam
vishnupriya@wii.gov.in

CITATION
George, D., Chowdhury, G. R., Roy, K., Bhatnagar, P., Ray, S., Qureshi, Q. & Kolipakam, V. (2026). Corrigendum to "First photographic evidence of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis Osbeck, 1765) from tidal river Rupnarayan, West Bengal, India". Journal of Wildlife Science, 3(1), 43. https://doi.org/10.63033/JWLS.AZYA9613

COPYRIGHT
© 2025 George, Chowdhury, Roy, Bhatnagar, Ray, Qureshi & Kolipakam. This is an open-access article, immediately and freely available to read, download, and share. The information contained in this article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), allowing for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited in accordance with accepted academic practice. Copyright is retained by the author(s).

PUBLISHED BY
Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, 248 001 INDIA

PUBLISHER'S NOTE
The Publisher, Journal of Wildlife Science or Editors cannot be held responsible for any errors or consequences arising from the use of the information contained in this article. All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organisations or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated or used in this article or claim made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.