Sousa plumbea

(G. Cuvier, 1829)

Indian 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

Authority citation

Cuvier, G. 1829. Le Règne animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Tome I. Déterville et Crochard, Paris, 584 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374130

Original name as described

Delphinus plumbeus

Type material

MNHN A.3051, MNHN A.3053, MNHN CGZ 31

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Malabar, N Kerala, SW India.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Bahrain · Djibouti · Egypt · Eritrea · India · Iran · Iraq · Kenya · Kuwait · Madagascar · Mayotte · Mozambique · Oman · Pakistan · Qatar · Saudi Arabia · Somalia · South Africa · Sri Lanka · Sudan · Tanzania · Turkey · United Arab Emirates · Yemen · Bangladesh? · Comoros? · Myanmar? · Israel? · Turkey?

Taxonomy notes

split from S. chinensis

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

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006433

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Steno lentiginosus

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

lentiginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1866.2.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3557830b-4aaa-48d1-a59c-121e81e808f0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/40629ca2-9371-4b98-a18f-4ee7fb358d97

Authority page

213

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627685

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Delphinus (Steno) lentiginosus

(R. Owen, 1866)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

lentiginosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1866.2.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3557830b-4aaa-48d1-a59c-121e81e808f0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/40629ca2-9371-4b98-a18f-4ee7fb358d97

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30862888

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Sotalia fergusoni

(Lydekker, 1904)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

fergusoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.9.12.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/26598951-0c17-474a-9b03-ee6d831bc152

Authority page

411

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2096963

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Stenopontistes zambezicus

(A. de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

zambezica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 131

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

20

Authority publication

Boletim do Museu Nacional

Name usages

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

Delphinus plumbeus

(G. Cuvier, 1829)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

plumbea

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN A.3051, MNHN A.3053, MNHN CGZ 31

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374130

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Lesson (1842:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Kelaart (1852:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  4. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Sousa plumbea

Mammal Diversity Database, 2018

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

plumbea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #100000795

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/82031633/230253271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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