Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg 1833)

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 : 734

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11329755

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scientific name

Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg 1833)
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Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg 1833) View in CoL

[Delphinus] aduncus Ehrenberg 1833 View in CoL , Hemprich and Ehrenberg, Symbolae Physicae., Mammalia, decas II, folio k: ftn. 1.

Type Locality: Ethiopia, Dahlak Arch., Belhosse Isl.

Vernacular Names: Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin.

Synonyms: Tursiops nuuanu Andrews 1911 .

Distribution: Indian Ocean; distribution in Pacific uncertain.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Rice (1998:106) recognized this species based primarily on the work of LeDuc and Curry (1997). There is a growing consensus that this is one of the species of Tursiops that is valid. Its relationship to Tursiops nuuanu remains equivocal.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Delphinidae

Genus

Tursiops

Loc

Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg 1833)

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

[Delphinus] aduncus

Ehrenberg 1833: ftn. 1
1833
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