Globiocephalus svineval Gray 1846 (pilot whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combination: Globicephalus svineval

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53

Belongs to Globicephalus according to J. E. Gray 1866

See also Gray 1846, Gray 1850, Gray 1864, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson 2021 and Mead and Brownell 2005

Sister taxa: Globicephala etruriae, Globicephala macrorhynchus, Globicephala melas, Globicephala uncidens, Globicephalus chinensis, Globicephalus karsteni, Globiocephalus guadaloupensis

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Globiocephalus svineval in the database

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