Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combinations: Delphinus aduncus, Tursiops truncatus aduncus
Synonyms: Clymenia gudamu Owen 1866, Delphinus (Steno) gadamu Owen 1866, Delphinus (Steno) maculiventer Owen 1866, Delphinus abusalam Ruppell 1842, Delphinus hamatus Wiegmann 1841, Delphinus salam Van Beneden 1886, Sotalia gadumu Owen 1866, Sotalia perniger Trouessart 1898, Steno gadamu Owen 1866, Tursio abusalam Ruppell 1842, Tursiops abusalam Ruppell 1842, Tursiops australis Charlton-Robb et al. 2011, Tursiops catalania Gray 1862, Tursiops fergusoni Lydekker 1903
Belongs to Tursiops according to T. A. Jefferson 2021
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Charlton-Robb et al. 2011, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Gray 1846, Hassanin et al. 2012, Hershkovitz 1966, Lal Mohan 1988, Mead and Brownell 2005, Moura et al. 2013, Owen 1866, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Turner 1912
Sister taxa: Delphinus caerulescens, Delphinus perniger, Tursiops astensis, Tursiops brochii, Tursiops erebennus, Tursiops subridens, Tursiops truncatus
Type specimens:
- Tursiops aduncus: Its type locality is Belhosse Island, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in Eritrea
- Delphinus (Steno) gadamu:
- Delphinus (Steno) maculiventer:
- Delphinus abusalam:
- Delphinus hamatus:
- Delphinus salam:
- Sotalia gadumu:
- Sotalia perniger:
- Tursiops australis: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:54BA663A-BDE6-4E12-A9D2- 84F6793EF4EA.
- Tursiops catalania:
- Tursiops fergusoni:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Eritrea (1 collection), New Caledonia (1), Tanzania (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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