Delphinidae Gray 1821

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 726

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11329615

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Delphinidae Gray 1821
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Delphinidae Gray 1821 View in CoL

Delphinidae Gray 1821 View in CoL , London Med. Repos., 15 (1): 310.

Synonyms: Globicephalidae Gray 1850 ; Grampidelphidae Nishiwaki 1963 ; Stenidae Fraser and Purves 1960 ; Orcinae Fraser and Purves 1960 ; Lissodelphinae Fraser and Purves 1960 ; Cephalorhynchinae Fraser and Purves 1960 .

Genera: 17 genera with 34 species:

Genus Cephalorhynchus Gray 1846 (4 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Delphinus Linnaeus 1758 (2 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Feresa Gray 1870 (1 species)

Genus Globicephala Lesson 1828 (2 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Grampus Gray 1828 (1 species)

Genus Lagenodelphis Fraser 1956 (1 species)

Genus Lagenorhynchus Gray 1846 (6 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Lissodelphis Gloger 1841 (2 species)

Genus Orcaella Gray 1866 (1 species)

Genus Orcinus Fitzinger 1860 (1 species)

Genus Peponocephala Nishiwaki and Norris 1966 (1 species)

Genus Pseudorca Reinhardt 1862 (1 species)

Genus Sotalia Gray 1866 (1 species)

Genus Sousa Gray 1866 (2 species)

Genus Stenella Gray 1866 (5 species with 5 subspecies)

Genus Steno Gray 1846 (1 species)

Genus Tursiops Gervais 1855 (2 species with 3 subspecies)

Discussion: Includes Globicephalidae , Grampidelphidae , Stenidae , Orcinae, Lissodelphinae, Cephalorhynchinae and Delphininae ( Fraser and Purves, 1960); see Kasuya (1973), Mead (1975), Barnes (1978). Also includes Orcaella (see Heyning, 1989 a and Lint et al., 1990), sometimes put in the family Monodontidae .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Delphinidae

Loc

Delphinidae Gray 1821

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Delphinidae

Gray 1821: 310
1821
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