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Taxonomy
Ziphius cavirostris was named by Cuvier (1824) [No type specimen number is listed by Hershkovitz (1966).]. It is extant. Its type specimen is MNHN, no number, a skull. Its type locality is Fos, which is in a Pleistocene coastal horizon in France.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1824 | Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier p. 352 |
1826 | Delphinus desmarestii Risso |
1832 | Ziphius cavirostris Meyer p. 99 |
1846 | Hyperoodon doumetii Gray p. 26 |
1846 | Hyperoodon desmarestii Gray p. 27 |
1850 | Hyperoodon doumetii Gray p. 68 |
1850 | Hyperoodon desmarestii Gray p. 69 |
1851 | Hyperoodon gervaisii Duvernoy p. 49 |
1851 | Ziphius cavirostris Duvernoy p. 71 |
1852 | Ziphius cavirostris Gervais p. 154 |
1859 | Ziphius cavirostris Gervais p. 287 |
1863 | Ziphius indicus Van Beneden |
1864 | Aliama desmarestii Gray p. 241 |
1864 | Ziphius cavirostris Huxley p. 395 |
1865 | Delphinorhynchus australis Burmeister |
1865 | Hyperodon semijunctus Cope p. 280 |
1865 | Hyperoodon semijunctus Cope p. 280 |
1865 | Hyperoodon capensis Gray |
1866 | Ziphiorrhynchus australis Burmeister |
1866 | Ziphiorrhynchus cryptodon Burmeister p. 94 |
1866 | Epiodon desmarestii Gray p. 341 |
1866 | Petrorhynchus capensis Gray p. 346 |
1866 | Petrorhynchus indicus Gray p. 346 |
1867 | Ziphius gervaisii Fischer p. 55 |
1868 | Epiodon cryptodon Gray p. 9 |
1868 | Epiodon desmarestii Gray p. 9 |
1868 | Petrorhynchus capensis Gray p. 9 |
1873 | Epiodon chathamensis Hector |
1880 | Ziphius cavirostris Van Beneden and Gervais p. 375 |
1883 | Ziphius grebnitzkii Stejneger p. 77 |
1885 | Ziphius semijunctus True p. 586 |
1889 | Ziphius australis Ameghino p. 888 |
1895 | Choneziphius indicus Cope p. 139 |
1904 | Ziphius cavirostris Trouessart p. 776 |
1904 | Ziphiorrhynchus australis Trouessart p. 777 figs. not figured |
1904 | Ziphius australis Trouessart p. 777 figs. not figured |
1904 | Ziphius chathamensis Trouessart p. 777 |
1904 | Ziphius grebnitzki Trouessart p. 777 |
1912 | Ziphius cavirostris Turner p. 77 |
1922 | Ziphius cavirostris Oliver p. 576 |
1952 | Ziphius cavirostris Sherman p. 99 |
1963 | Ziphius cavirostris Scheffer and Rice p. 8 |
1966 | Ziphius cavirostris Hershkovitz p. 136 |
1968 | Ziphius cavirostris Moore p. 276 |
1977 | Ziphius cavirostris Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1 |
1991 | Ziphius cavirostris Vidal p. 5 |
1998 | Ziphius cavirostris Rice p. 86 |
2005 | Ziphius cavirostris Mead and Brownell p. 743 |
2008 | Ziphius cavirostris Uhen et al. p. 580 |
2008 | Ziphius cavirostris Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 215 |
2016 | Ziphius cavirostris Ramassamy p. 398 figs. Figure 17 |
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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.
Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier 1824 [Cuvier's beaked whale]
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Invalid names: Delphinorhynchus australis Burmeister 1865 [synonym], Delphinus desmarestii Risso 1826 [synonym], Epiodon chathamensis Hector 1873 [synonym], Epiodon cryptodon Gray 1868 [synonym], Hyperoodon capensis Gray 1865 [synonym], Hyperoodon doumetii Gray 1846 [synonym], Hyperoodon gervaisii Duvernoy 1851 [synonym], Hyperoodon semijunctus Cope 1865 [synonym], Ziphiorrhynchus cryptodon Burmeister 1866 [synonym], Ziphius australis Trouessart 1904 [synonym], Ziphius grebnitzkii Stejneger 1883 [synonym], Ziphius indicus Van Beneden 1863 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available