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Tursiops aduncus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Taxonomy
Delphinus aduncus was named by Ehrenberg (1832). It is extant. Its type locality is Belhosse Island, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in Eritrea.

It was recombined as Tursiops truncatus aduncus by Hershkovitz (1966); it was recombined as Tursiops aduncus by Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Lal Mohan (1988), Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Perrin et al. (2013), Moura et al. (2013) and Jefferson (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Delphinus aduncus Ehrenberg
1841Delphinus hamatus Wiegmann p. 7 figs. Pl. 369
1842Delphinus abusalam Ruppell p. 140 figs. Pl. 2
1846Delphinus abusalam Gray p. 38
1850Delphinus abusalam Gray p. 111
1862Tursiops catalania Gray p. 143
1866Tursio abusalam Gray p. 261
1866Steno gadamu Gray p. 394
1866Delphinus (Steno) gadamu Owen
1866Sotalia gadumu Owen
1866Delphinus (Steno) maculiventer Owen p. 21
1868Clymenia gudamu Gray p. 6
1871Clymenia gadamu Gray p. 70
1871Tursio abusalam Gray p. 74
1873Delphinus (Steno) maculiventer Scott p. 70
1873Steno gadamu Scott p. 70
1873Tursio abusalam Scott p. 82
1886Delphinus salam Van Beneden
1898Sotalia perniger Trouessart p. 1026
1898Tursiops aduncus Trouessart p. 1031
1898Tursiops catalania Trouessart p. 1031
1903Tursiops fergusoni Lydekker
1904Sotalia perniger Trouessart p. 763
1904Tursiops aduncus Trouessart p. 764
1904Tursiops catalania Trouessart p. 764
1904Tursiops abusalam Trouessart p. 765
1912Tursiops catalania Turner p. 136
1963Tursiops aduncus Scheffer and Rice p. 7
1966Tursiops truncatus aduncus Hershkovitz p. 48
1988Tursiops aduncus Lal Mohan p. 94
1998Tursiops aduncus Rice p. 106
2005Tursiops aduncus Mead and Brownell p. 734
2008Tursiops aduncus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2
2011Tursiops australis Charlton-Robb et al. p. 13 figs. Figure 4 & 5
2012Delphinus aduncus Hassanin et al. p. 43 figs. Fig. 1
2013Tursiops aduncus Moura et al. p. 870 figs. Figure 2
2013Tursiops australis Moura et al. p. 870 figs. Figure 2
2013Tursiops aduncus Perrin et al. p. 571 figs. Table 1
2021Tursiops aduncus Jefferson p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyDelphinidae
subfamilyDelphininae
genusTursiops
speciesaduncus(Ehrenberg 1832)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tursiops aduncus Ehrenberg 1832
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Invalid names: Delphinus (Steno) gadamu Owen 1866 [synonym], Delphinus (Steno) maculiventer Owen 1866 [synonym], Delphinus abusalam Ruppell 1842 [synonym], Delphinus hamatus Wiegmann 1841 [synonym], Delphinus salam Van Beneden 1886 [synonym], Sotalia perniger Trouessart 1898 [synonym], Tursiops australis Charlton-Robb et al. 2011 [synonym], Tursiops catalania Gray 1862 [synonym], Tursiops fergusoni Lydekker 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Tursiops aduncus (83454)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Eritrea Delphinus aduncus (type locality: 86889)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Tursiops aduncus (82087)