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Orcaella
Taxonomy
Orca (Orcaella) was named by Gray (1866). It is extant. Its type is Orcaella brevirostris. It was considered monophyletic by Geisler et al. (2011).
It was reranked as Orcaella by Gray (1868), Gray (1870), Gill (1871), Gill (1872), Palmer (1904), Weber (1928), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Fraser and Purves (1960), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Kasuya (1973), de Muizon (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), LeDuc et al. (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Buchholtz and Schur (2004), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Geisler et al. (2011), Perrin et al. (2013), Murakami et al. (2014) and Marx et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Orca by Gray (1866); to Delphinina by Gray (1868); to Delphininae by Gill (1871), Gill (1872), Weber (1928) and Scheffer and Rice (1963); to Orcaellidae by Kasuya (1973) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Orcini by Fraser and Purves (1960) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); to Orcininae by LeDuc et al. (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Buchholtz and Schur (2004) and Perrin et al. (2013); to Delphinidae by Gray (1870), Palmer (1904), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Geisler et al. (2011) and Murakami et al. (2014); and to Globicephalinae by de Muizon (1988) and Marx et al. (2016).
It was reranked as Orcaella by Gray (1868), Gray (1870), Gill (1871), Gill (1872), Palmer (1904), Weber (1928), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Fraser and Purves (1960), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Kasuya (1973), de Muizon (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), LeDuc et al. (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Buchholtz and Schur (2004), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Geisler et al. (2011), Perrin et al. (2013), Murakami et al. (2014) and Marx et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Orca by Gray (1866); to Delphinina by Gray (1868); to Delphininae by Gill (1871), Gill (1872), Weber (1928) and Scheffer and Rice (1963); to Orcaellidae by Kasuya (1973) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Orcini by Fraser and Purves (1960) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); to Orcininae by LeDuc et al. (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Buchholtz and Schur (2004) and Perrin et al. (2013); to Delphinidae by Gray (1870), Palmer (1904), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Geisler et al. (2011) and Murakami et al. (2014); and to Globicephalinae by de Muizon (1988) and Marx et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
O. brevirostris (syn. O. fluminalis) (type species), O. heinsohni
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1866 | Orca (Orcaella) Gray p. 285 |
| 1868 | Orcaella Gray p. 6 |
| 1870 | Orcaella Gray p. 772 |
| 1871 | Orcella Anderson p. 142 |
| 1871 | Orcaella Gill p. 125 |
| 1872 | Orcaella Gill p. 95 |
| 1904 | Orcaella Palmer p. 478 |
| 1904 | Orcella Trouessart p. 769 |
| 1912 | Orcella Turner p. 108 |
| 1921 | Orcella Winge p. 36 |
| 1928 | Orcaella Weber p. 389 |
| 1945 | Orcaella Simpson p. 104 |
| 1951 | Orcaella Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 738 |
| 1960 | Orcaella Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26 |
| 1963 | Orcaella Scheffer and Rice p. 7 |
| 1973 | Orcaella Kasuya p. 61 |
| 1988 | Orcaella de Muizon p. 162 |
| 1997 | Orcaella McKenna and Bell p. 389 |
| 1998 | Orcaella Rice p. 120 |
| 1999 | Orcaella LeDuc et al. p. 639 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2001 | Orcaella Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2004 | Orcaella Buchholtz and Schur p. 384 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2005 | Orcaella Mead and Brownell p. 731 |
| 2008 | Orcaella Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2011 | Orcaella Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1 |
| 2013 | Orcaella Perrin et al. p. 571 figs. Table 1 |
| 2014 | Orcaella Murakami et al. p. 502 figs. Figure 7 |
| 2016 | Orcaella Marx et al. p. 140 |
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G. Orcaella Gray 1866
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Orcaella brevirostris Gray 1866 [Irrawaddy dolphin]
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Invalid names: Orcaella fluminalis Gray 1871 [synonym]
Orcaella heinsohni Beasley et al. 2005
Invalid names: Orcella Anderson 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available