Lagenodelphis hosei

F. C. Fraser, 1956

Fraser's Dolphin

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Fraser, F.C. 1956. A new Sarawak dolphin. Sarawak Museum Journal 7(8):478-503.

Original name as described

Lagenodelphis hosei

Other common names

Bornean Dolphin · Fraser's Porpoise · Hose's Dolphin · Sarawak Dolphin · Shortsnout Dolphin

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.5.9.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1ea4716b-17d4-4a4b-98d6-3b8ab248025a

Type locality

mouth of Lutong River, Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

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

Subregion distribution

USA(HI,FL,TX,NC)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006416

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.

Lagenodelphis hosei

F. C. Fraser, 1956

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

hosei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.5.9.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1ea4716b-17d4-4a4b-98d6-3b8ab248025a

Authority page

496

Authority publication

Sarawak Museum Journal

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11140/50360282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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