Pseudorca crassidens ( Owen, 1846 )

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 142-143

Pseudorca crassidens ( Owen, 1846) —False Killer Whale

Phocaena crassidens Owen, 1846 p.516 ; Type locality- England, UK.

Pseudorca crassidens: Kuroda, 1938 p.18 ; Kim et al., 2000 p.86; Kim, 2004 p.238.

Range: Observation of the false killer whale occur during early summer to late autumn in the East Sea, especially near the coast of Gyeongsangbuk Province ( Kim 2004; Fig. 95 ).

Remarks: The false killer whale, long considered a monotypic species, is now recognized by several stocks ( Carretta et al. 2010). The Central North Pacific and Eastern North Pacific stocks are significantly differentiated from each other based on mtDNA analysis ( Chivers et al. 2007, 2010).

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FIGURE 95. Range map of Pseudorca crassidens in Korea.