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, Steno sinensis Desmarest 1822
Belongs to Sousa according to T. A. Jefferson and H. C. Rosenbaum 2014
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Fraser and Purves 1960, Gray 1871, 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, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Sousa plumbea, 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:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Malaysia (1), Tanzania (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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