Phocoena spinipinnis

Burmeister, 1865

Burmeister's 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

Burmeister, H. 1865-06. Description of a new species of porpoise in the Museum of Buenos Ayres. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865(1):228-231.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497161

Original name as described

Phocæna spinipinnis

Other common names

Black Porpoise

Type material

MACN-Ma 20810

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Argentina, Buenos Aires, "captured in the mouth of the River Plata."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Argentina · Brazil · Chile · Peru · Uruguay

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006452

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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.

Phocæna spinipinnis

Burmeister, 1865

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

spinipinnis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Ma 20810

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497161

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lahille (1899:201, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  2. Davies (1963:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42155)

Phocoena spinipinnis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

spinipinnis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

111

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:298) (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 #17029) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17029) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17029/50370481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phocaena spinipinnis

Burmeister, 1865

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

spinipinnis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

195

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497126

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Phocoena spinipennis

P. J. Van Beneden, 1868

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

spinipennis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28377570

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique

Phocaena Philippii

Perez Canto, 1893

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

philippii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34836675

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Name usages

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

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