Neophocaena asiaeorientalis

(Pilleri & Gihr, 1972)

Yangtze Finless Porpoise

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Whippomorpha
Infraorder : Cetacea
Parvorder : Odontoceti
Superfamily : Delphinoidea
Family : Phocoenidae
Genus : Neophocaena

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Invest. Cetacea, 4: 126. . PILLERI, G., and M. GIHR, 1972. — Contribution to the Knowledge of the Cetaceans of Pakistan with Particular Reference to the Genera Neomeris, Sousa, Delphinus and Tursiops and Description of a New Chinese Porpoise (Neomeris asiaeorientalis). In : Investigations on Cetacea, 4 : 107-162, PILLERI, G. (ed.), Berne : Hirnanat. Inst.

Original name as described

Neomeris asiaeorientalis

Other common names

Yangtze Finless Porpoise

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:19998

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:19998

Type locality

"Yangtze, Prov. Kiangsu, Shanghai, China."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

split from N. phocaenoides; previously included N. sunameri

Taxonomy notes citation

Wang, J.Y., Frasier, T.R., Yang, S.C. and White, B.N. 2008. Detecting recent speciation events: the case of the finless porpoise (genus Neophocaena). Heredity 101: 145-155. · Jefferson, T. A., & Wang, J. Y. (2011). Revision of the taxonomy of finless porpoises (genus Neophocaena): the existence of two species. Journal of Marine Animals and Their Ecology, 4(1), 3-16. · Zhou, X., Guang, X., Sun, D., Xu, S., Li, M., Seim, I., ... & Gao, Q. (2018). Population genomics of finless porpoises reveal an incipient cetacean species adapted to freshwater. Nature communications, 9(1), 1-8.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006446

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.

Neomeris asiaeorientalis

(Pilleri & Gihr, 1972)

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

asiaeorientalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:19998

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:19998

Authority page

126

Authority publication

Investigations on Cetacea

Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

asiaeorientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Neophocaena asiaeorientalis

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2014

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

asiaeorientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

541

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41754/50381766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2014

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

asiaeorientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

541

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)

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