Cephalorhynchus eutropia

(J. E. Gray, 1849)

Chilean Dolphin

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Whippomorpha
Infraorder : Cetacea
Parvorder : Odontoceti
Superfamily : Delphinoidea
Family : Delphinidae
Subfamily : Lissodelphininae
Genus : Cephalorhynchus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1849-12-11. Descriptions of three new species of Delphinidæ. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1849:1-3.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572392

Original name as described

Delphinus Eutropia

Other common names

Black Dolphin · Chilean Black Dolphin · White-bellied Dolphin

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1849.5.25.2 (= BMNH:Mamm:936a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/581ab819-8ee1-43ab-a108-3758e0e8bdf8

Type locality

no type locality given. Stated by J. E. Gray in 1850 as "Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Chile."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Chile · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006408

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Delphinus Eutropia

(J. E. Gray, 1849)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

eutropia

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1849.5.25.2 (= BMNH:Mamm:936a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/581ab819-8ee1-43ab-a108-3758e0e8bdf8

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572392

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Eutropia dickiei

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

dickiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1849.5.25.2 (= BMNH:Mamm:936a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/581ab819-8ee1-43ab-a108-3758e0e8bdf8

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627687

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Phocaena (Hyperoodon?) albiventris

(Perez Canto, 1893)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

albiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34836674

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Cephalorhynchus eutropia

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

eutropia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4160/50351955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Delphinus lunatus

(Lesson & Garnot, 1827)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

lunatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38660619

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:410, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Phocaena obtusata

(R. A. Philippi, 1893)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

obtusatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34836678

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Eutropia dickii

(Perez Canto, 1896)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

dickii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35028975

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Tursio platyrrhinus

(R. A. Philippi, 1896)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

platyrrhinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35028980

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Cephalorhynchus platyrhinus

Trouessart, 1905

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

platyrhinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

768

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423649

Authority publication

Berlin

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