Sagmatias australis

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Peale's Dolphin

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peale, T.R. 1849-06-05. United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. VIII. Mammalia and Ornithology. C. Sherman, Philadelphia, 338 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=VZSUUF_4nKIC

Original name as described

Phocaena australis

Other common names

Black-chinned Dolphin · Southern White-sided Dolphin

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Patagonia," Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Argentina · Chile · Falkland Islands

Taxonomy notes

moved from Lagenorhynchus to Sagmatias, 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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006426

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.

Phocaena australis

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

Gray (1870:393, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69399)

Delphinus obscurus

(Cassin, 1858)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Sagmatias amblodon

Cope, 1866

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

amblodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A3887

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3085a8c38-f5c9-437e-bd6b-5eda9fe85c24

Authority page

294

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1861754

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Cope (1866:294, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1861754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69324)
  2. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Tursio chiloensis

(R. A. Philippi, 1900)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

chiloensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHNCL:Mamm:586 (= "583")

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45500428

Authority publication

Santiago de Chile

Lagenorhynchus australis

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

australis

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 (1982:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Mead & Brownell (1993:353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69010)
  5. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  6. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11143/50361589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sagmatias australis

LeDuc, Perrin, & Dizon, 1999

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

639

Authority publication

Marine Mammal Science

Name usages

  1. LeDuc, Perrin & Dizon (1999:639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/987)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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