Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combination: Delphinus bredanensis
Synonyms: Delphinus (Steno) perspicillatus Peters 1877, Delphinus chamissonis Wiegmann 1841, Delphinus compressus Gray 1846, Delphinus oxyrhynchus Gray 1850, Delphinus perspicillatus Peters 1876, Delphinus planiceps Van Breda 1829, Delphinus reinwardtii Schlegel 1841, Sotalia santonicus Lesson 1841, Steno compressus Gray 1846, Steno fuscus Gray 1846, Steno perspicillatus True 1889
Belongs to Steno according to P. Hershkovitz 1966
See also Barnes 1977, Fischer 1829, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Gray 1871, Gray 1846, Jefferson 2021, Mead and Brownell 2005, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Vidal 1991 and West et al. 2011
Sister taxon: Delphinorhynchus santonicus
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), France (1), French Polynesia (1), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Peru (1), South Africa (2), United States (2: California, Florida)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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