Lagenorhynchus albirostris

J. E. Gray, 1846

White-beaked Dolphin

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1846-02-01. On the British Cetacea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)17(110):82-85.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2633625

Original name as described

Lagenorhynchus albirostris

Other common names

White-beaked Porpoise · White-nosed Dolphin

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1848.7.12.12 (= BMNH:Mamm:916a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/55bda227-e432-46c1-a4e5-f9499b91109b

Type locality

type locality unknown. Later designated by J. E. Gray in 1846 as "North Sea, coast of Norfolk," England, UK, and further modified by Gray in 1850 to "Great Yarmouth."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Belgium · Canada · Denmark · France · Germany · Greenland · Iceland · Ireland · Netherlands · Norway · Russia · Sweden · United Kingdom · United States · Portugal · Spain · Estonia · Finland · Latvia · Lithuania · Poland

Subregion distribution

USA(MA,NH,ME,NC?)

Taxonomy notes

genus split to Lagenorhynchus acutus, Sagmatias, and Leucopleurus, but "flagged" for further study given conflicting signal in datasets (see https://marinemammalscience.org/science-and-publications/list-marine-mammal-species-subspecies/)

Taxonomy notes citation

Vollmer, N. L., Ashe, E., Brownell Jr, R. L., Cipriano, F., Mead, J. G., Reeves, R. R., ... & Williams, R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus. Marine Mammal Science, 35(3), 957-1057.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006417

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 pseudotursio

(H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1846)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

pseudotursio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1848.7.12.12 (= BMNH:Mamm:916a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/55bda227-e432-46c1-a4e5-f9499b91109b

Authority page

pl. 24 (fig. 76)

Authority publication

Dresden

Name usages

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

Lagenorhynchus albirostris

J. E. Gray, 1846

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

albirostris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1848.7.12.12 (= BMNH:Mamm:916a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/55bda227-e432-46c1-a4e5-f9499b91109b

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2633625

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. True (1885:589, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Davies (1963:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42155)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11142/50361346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Delphinus ibsenii

(Eschricht, 1846)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

ibsenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHMD 4324

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

297

Authority publication

Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter

ibseni

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

ibseni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

729

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005:729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

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