Orcaella brevirostris

(R. Owen in J. E. Gray, 1866)

Irrawaddy 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 : Orcaella

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1866-05-03. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum. Second Edition. British Museum, British Museum Catalogue, 402 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9730030

Original name as described

Orca brevirostris

Other common names

Larger Indian Porpoise · Snubfin Dolphin

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1865.4.20.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e8f68a56-c7cd-49b4-92e1-15150a89e30b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fb7f171d-9dca-439f-aa01-65b81fa212b2

Type locality

"Inhab. East coast of India, the harbor of Vizagapatam," Bay of Bengal.

Biogeographic realm

Marine · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Bangladesh · Brunei · Cambodia · India · Indonesia · Laos · Malaysia · Myanmar · Philippines · Singapore · Thailand · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006421

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.

Orca brevirostris

(R. Owen in J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

brevirostris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1865.4.20.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e8f68a56-c7cd-49b4-92e1-15150a89e30b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fb7f171d-9dca-439f-aa01-65b81fa212b2

Authority page

285

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9730030

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Orcaella fluminalis

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

fluminalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1877.12.10.17 (= BMNH:Mamm:1454b)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dff62189-84db-4261-ac98-d696d906dcaf

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15945513

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Orcaella brevirostris

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

brevirostris

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 (1982:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15419/123790805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phocaena (Orca) brevirostris

(R. Owen, 1866)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

brevirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30862854

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Orcella fluminalis

J. Anderson, 1871

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

fluminalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28553953

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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