Phocoena dioptrica

Lahille, 1912

Spectacled Porpoise

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ann. Mus. Nat. Hist., Buenos Aires, vol. 23, 269

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14613525

Original name as described

Phocoena dioptrica

Other common names

Spectacled Dolphin

Type material

MACN-Ma 12-14

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Argentina, Buenos Aires, "capturado en Punta Colares, cerca de Quilmes."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Argentina · Australia · Brazil · Chile · Falkland Islands · French Southern and Antarctic Lands · New Zealand · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Uruguay · Antarctica?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006449

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.

Phocoena dioptrica

Lahille, 1912

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

dioptrica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Ma 12-14

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

269

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14613525

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41715/50381544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phocaena Stornii

Marelli, 1922

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

stornii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Ma 16407

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4526111

Authority publication

Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina

Name usages

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

Phocaena dioptrica

J. L. Davies, 1963

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

dioptrica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

111

Authority publication

Evolution

Name usages

Davies (1963:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42155)

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