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Lissodelphis peronii (southern right whale dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Taxonomy
Delphinus peronii was named by Lacépède (1804). It is extant. Its type locality is Van Diemen's Land, south, which is in a Holocene marine horizon in Australia.

It was recombined as Delphinapterus peronii by Gray (1846), Gray (1850), Gray (1866) and Gray (1868); it was recombined as Lissodelphis peroni by Trouessart (1904), Scheffer and Rice (1963) and Hershkovitz (1966); it was recombined as Lissodelphis peronii by Oliver (1922), Newcomer et al. (1996), Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Perrin et al. (2013) and Jefferson (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Delphinus peronii Lacépède p. 316
1804Delphinus leucorhamphus Peron p. 316
1829Delphinus peronii Fischer p. 513
1841Lissodelphis peroni Gloger p. 169
1846Delphinapterus peronii Gray p. 35
1846Delphinus bicolor Gray p. 36
1850Delphinapterus peronii Gray p. 103
1866Delphinapterus peronii Gray p. 276
1868Delphinapterus peronii Gray p. 6
1880Prodelphinus leucorhamphus Van Beneden and Gervais p. 605
1893Delphinapterus lessonii Philippi p. 17
1898Prodelphinus gervaisi Trouessart p. 1036
1904Lissodelphis peroni Trouessart p. 766
1904Prodelphinus gervaisi Trouessart p. 766
1922Lissodelphis peronii Oliver p. 582
1963Lissodelphis peroni Scheffer and Rice p. 7
1966Lissodelphis peroni Hershkovitz p. 56
1996Lissodelphis peronii Newcomer et al. p. 1
1998Lissodelphis peronii Rice p. 115
2005Lissodelphis peronii Mead and Brownell p. 730
2008Lissodelphis peronii Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2
2013Lissodelphis peronii Perrin et al. p. 571 figs. Table 1
2021Lissodelphis peronii Jefferson p. 50

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
RankNameAuthor
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyDelphinidae
subfamilyLissodelphininae()
genusLissodelphisGloger 1841
speciesperonii()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lissodelphis peronii Lacépède 1804 [southern right whale dolphin]
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Invalid names: Delphinapterus lessonii Philippi 1893 [synonym], Delphinus bicolor Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus leucorhamphus Peron 1804 [synonym], Prodelphinus gervaisi Trouessart 1898 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Lissodelphis peronii (168138)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Lissodelphis peronii (168135)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Lissodelphis peronii (168139)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Lissodelphis peronii (168136 168137)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile Lissodelphis peronii (168134)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Tasmania) Lissodelphis peronii (type locality: 84942)