Sousa chinensis Osbeck 1765 (Chinese white dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combinations: Delphinus chinensis, Sotalia chinensis, Steno chinensis

Synonyms: Delphinus sinensis Desmarest 1822, Sotalia borneensis Lydekker 1901, Sotalia sinensis Desmarest 1822, Sousa borneensis Lydekker 1901, Sousa huangi Wang Peilie 1999, Sousa lentiginosa Iredale and Troughton 1934

Belongs to Sousa according to T. A. Jefferson and H. C. Rosenbaum 2014

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Fraser and Purves 1960, Hassanin et al. 2012, Hershkovitz 1961, Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson 2021, Jefferson and Karczmarski 2001, Jefferson and Van Waerebeek 2004, Lal Mohan 1988, Mead and Brownell 2005, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: Sousa plumbea, Sousa queenslandensis, Sousa sahulensis, Sousa teuszii

Type specimens:

  • Sousa chinensis: none designated (Hershkovitz, 1966). Its type locality is Bahia Rio de Janeiro, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in Brazil.
  • Delphinus sinensis:
  • Sotalia borneensis: Its type locality is Sarawak, which is in a Holocene fluvial-deltaic horizon in Malaysia.
  • Sousa huangi:
  • Sousa lentiginosa:

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Malaysia (1), Tanzania (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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