Sousa chinensis

(Osbeck, 1765)

Indo-Pacific Humpback 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 : Sousa

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Osbeck, P. 1765. Reise nach Ostindien und China. Johann Christian Koppe, Rostok, 552 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51514213

Original name as described

Delphinus chinensis

Other common names

Borneo White Dolphin · Chinese White Dolphin · Lead-colored Dolphin · Plumbeous Dolphin · Ridge-backed Dolphin · Speckled Dolphin · White Dolphin · Pacific Humpback Dolphin · Indian Humpback Dolphin

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Zhujiang Kou (mouth of Canton [Pearl] River, Guangdong Prov., China.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

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

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. plumbea and the populations now attributed to S. sahulensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Jefferson, T.A., Rosenbaum, H.C. 2014. Taxonomic revision of the humpback dolphins (Sousa spp.) and description of a new species from Australia. Marine Mammal Science 30(4): 1494-1541.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006432

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.

Sotalia borneensis

(Lydekker, 1901)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

borneensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.2.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ebde36dd-966a-4c0a-b88c-1c8d15b7df7a

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31591014

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Delphinus chinensis

(Osbeck, 1765)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

chinensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51514213

Authority publication

Rostock

delphinus sinensis

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

sinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

514

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521958

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:408, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Delphinus sinensis

(F. Cuvier, 1835)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

sinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

213

Authority publication

Paris

Sousa chinensis taiwanensis

J. Y. Wang, Yang Shih Chu, & Hung, 2015

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

taiwanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMNS 14812

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

11

Authority publication

Zoological Studies

Sousa chinensis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

chinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

109

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/82031425/123794774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sousa huangi

Wang Peilie, 1999

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

huangi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

309

Authority publication

Hong Kong

Name usages

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

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