Grampus griseus

(G. Cuvier, 1812)

Risso's Dolphin

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cuvier, G. 1812-08. Rapport fait à la classe des Sciences mathématiques et physiques, sur divers Cétacés pris sur les côtes de France, principalement sur ceux qui sont échoués près de Paimpol, le 7 janvier 1812. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 19:1-16.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499194

Original name as described

delphinus griseus

Other common names

Grampus · Gray Dolphin · Gray Grampus · Risso's Grampus · White-headed Grampus

Type material

MNHN CAG B II/156, MNHN JAC 1944-307, MNHN JAC 1945-4

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"envoyé de Brest," Finistère, France.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Algeria · Angola · Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Aruba · Australia · Bahamas · Barbados · Bermuda · Brazil · Canada · Cayman Islands · Chile · Colombia · Comoros · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Croatia · Cuba · Cote d'Ivoire · Denmark · Dominica · Ecuador · Egypt · Eritrea · France · French Polynesia · Gabon · Gambia · Germany · Ghana · Greece · Grenada · Guadeloupe · Guam · Guatemala · Guinea-Bissau · Haiti · India · Indonesia · Iran · Ireland · Israel · Italy · Jamaica · Japan · North Korea · South Korea · Lebanon · Madagascar · Maldives · Malta · Martinique · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mayotte · Mexico · Morocco · New Caledonia · New Zealand · Oman · Pakistan · Panama · Papua New Guinea · Peru · Philippines · Russia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · Saudi Arabia · Seychelles · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Africa · Spain · Sri Lanka · Sudan · Sweden · Syria · Taiwan · China · Tanzania · East Timor · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Tunisia · Turkey · United Arab Emirates · United States · United Kingdom · Uruguay · Venezuela · Vietnam · Yemen · Cyprus · French Guiana · Kenya · Mozambique · Norway · Puerto Rico · Senegal · United States Virgin Islands · Albania? · American Samoa? · Bahrain? · Bangladesh? · Belgium? · Belize? · Benin? · Bonaire? · Sint Eustatius? · Saba? · Bosnia and Herzegovina? · Brunei? · Cape Verde? · Cambodia? · Cameroon? · Cocos Islands? · Republic of the Congo? · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Curaçao? · Djibouti? · Dominican Republic? · El Salvador? · Equatorial Guinea? · Fiji? · Guinea? · Guyana? · Honduras? · Jordan? · Kiribati? · Liberia? · Malaysia? · Marshall Islands? · Micronesia? · Montenegro? · Montserrat? · Myanmar? · Namibia? · Nauru? · Netherlands? · Nicaragua? · Nigeria? · Niue? · Northern Marianas? · Palau? · Pitcairn? · Portugal? · Qatar? · Saint Kitts and Nevis? · Saint Lucia? · Sint Maarten? · São Tomé and Príncipe? · Sierra Leone? · Singapore? · Slovenia? · Suriname? · Thailand · Togo? · Turks and Caicos Islands? · Tuvalu? · Vanuatu · British Virgin Islands? · Wallis and Futuna?

Subregion distribution

USA(CA,OR,HI,AK,WA?,LA?,FL?,NC?,VA?,DC?,MD?,NJ?,NY?,RI?,MA?)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006415

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.

Grampidelphis exilis

(Iredale & Troughton, 1933)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

exilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM S.1776

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

32

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Grampus Richardsonii

J. E. Gray, 1850

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

richardsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1626a

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12931732

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

delphinus griseus

(G. Cuvier, 1812)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN CAG B II/156, MNHN JAC 1944-307, MNHN JAC 1945-4

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499194

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Lesson (1842:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Grampus Cuvieri

J. E. Gray, 1846

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

cuvieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN CAG B II/156, MNHN JAC 1944-307, MNHN JAC 1945-4

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2633624

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Grampus sakamata

J. E. Gray, 1847

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

sakamata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN JAC 1877-276

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957462

Authority publication

London

Grampus Stearnsii

Dall, 1873

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

stearnsii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A13021

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dfa85f8d-c880-4275-adee-da52ede84bd8

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16062545

Authority publication

Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. True (1885:590, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Phocœna grisea

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

grisea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

415

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207882

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:415, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Phocœna Rissoanus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

rissoanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

416

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207883

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:416, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Grampus griseus

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

589

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306383

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. True (1885:589, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Bailey (1936:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  6. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9461/50356660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Delphinus aries

(G. Cuvier, 1812)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

aries

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499197

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

delphinus Rissoanus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

rissoanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

519

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521963

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Delphinus Risso

(Risso, 1826)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

risso

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

23

Authority publication

Paris

Phocaena rissonus

(F. Cuvier, 1836)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

rissonus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

196

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Globicephalus Rissii

(R. Hamilton, 1837)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

rissii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57246762

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Globiocephalus rissii

(Anonymous, 1838)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

rissii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

411

Authority publication

book

Globicephalus Rissii

(E. Blyth, 1859)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

rissii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

491

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40263743

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Grampus Souverbianus

P. Fischer, 1881

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

souverbianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

210

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32866518

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux

Grampidelphis kuzira

(Iredale & Troughton, 1933)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

kuzira

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Globicephalus rissoi

(G. M. Allen, 1938)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

rissoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

504

Authority publication

Natural History of Central Asia

Grampus sakata

Tomilin, 1957

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

sakata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

613

Authority publication

Jerusalem

Grampus Richardsoni

Hershkovitz, 1966

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

richardsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7869931

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Delphinus aires

(Jefferson, 2021)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

aires

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

21

Authority publication

NOAA Professional Paper NMFS

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