Sousa teuszii

(Kükenthal, 1892)

Atlantic 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

K€ukenthal, W. 1892. Sotalia teuszii n. sp. ein pflanzenfressender (?) delphin aus Kamerun. Zoologische Jahrb€ucher, Abteilung für Systematik 6:442–446.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10195038

Original name as described

Sotalia tëuszii

Other common names

Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin · Teusz's Dolphin

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1893.8.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4a344542-7730-43fb-8300-3df7ed40104a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fa8b77ef-1094-4540-9480-1cf26046dfa1

Type locality

"aus Kamerun," (= Cameroon), Cameroun Oriental, Bay of Warships, near Douala.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Angola · Benin · Cameroon · Republic of the Congo · Gambia · Gabon · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Mauritania · Senegal · Togo · Ghana · Nigeria · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Cote d'Ivoire? · Equatorial Guinea? · Liberia? · Sierra Leone?

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006435

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 tëuszii

(Kükenthal, 1892)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

teuszii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.8.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4a344542-7730-43fb-8300-3df7ed40104a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fa8b77ef-1094-4540-9480-1cf26046dfa1

Authority page

442, pl. 21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10195038

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Sousa teuszi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

teuszi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

109

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Sousa teuszii

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

teuszii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

295

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20425/123792572) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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