Feresa attenuata

J. E. Gray, 1874

Pygmy Killer Whale

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1874-09-01. Description of the skull of a new species of dolphin (_Feresa attenuata_). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)14(81):238-239.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15611806

Original name as described

Feresa attenuata

Other common names

Slender Blackfish · Slender Pilot Whale

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1874.11.25.1 (= BMNH:Mamm:1672a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/23b4a6e6-7019-483b-a300-4762b811636b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/da78fd87-abd8-4be2-8d1a-f0cd6a6062c1

Type locality

"South Seas."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Algeria · Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Aruba · Australia · Bahamas · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Benin · Bonaire · Sint Eustatius · Saba · Brazil · Brunei · Cambodia · Cameroon · Cayman Islands · Cocos Islands · Colombia · Comoros · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Cuba · Curaçao · Cote d'Ivoire · Djibouti · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Equatorial Guinea · Fiji · France · French Guiana · French Polynesia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Grenada · Guam · Guatemala · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Haiti · Honduras · India · Indonesia · Iran · Italy · Jamaica · Japan · Kenya · Kiribati · North Korea · Liberia · Madagascar · Malaysia · Maldives · Marshall Islands · Mauritania · Mayotte · Mexico · Micronesia · Morocco · Mozambique · Myanmar · Nauru · New Caledonia · Nicaragua · Nigeria · Niue · Northern Marianas · Oman · Pakistan · Pitcairn · Portugal · Puerto Rico · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Sint Maarten · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Singapore · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Africa · Spain · Sri Lanka · Suriname · Taiwan · China · Tanzania · Thailand · East Timor · Togo · Tokelau · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · United States · Venezuela · Vietnam · United States Virgin Islands · British Virgin Islands · Wallis and Futuna · Yemen · Angola? · Namibia? · Seychelles? · Tuvalu? · Uruguay? · Vanuatu?

Subregion distribution

USA(HI,AL,FL,LA,MI,TX)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006412

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Feresa attenuata

J. E. Gray, 1874

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

attenuata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1874.11.25.1 (= BMNH:Mamm:1672a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/23b4a6e6-7019-483b-a300-4762b811636b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/da78fd87-abd8-4be2-8d1a-f0cd6a6062c1

Authority page

238

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15611806

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8551/50354433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Delphinus intermedius

(J. E. Gray, 1827)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

intermedia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:362a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9ab7f41f-7a67-42f3-8c73-ac73b3fde6ee

Authority page

376

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15530904

Authority publication

Philosophical Magazine

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Feresa occulta

J. K. Jones & Packard, 1956

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

occulta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:362a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9ab7f41f-7a67-42f3-8c73-ac73b3fde6ee

Authority page

167

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34549861

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

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