Phocoenoides dalli

(F. W. True, 1885)

Dall's Porpoise

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

True, F.W. 1885-06-19. On a new species of porpoise, _Phocaena dalli_, from Alaska. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 8:95-98.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15383035

Original name as described

Phocaena Dalli

Other common names

Dall Porpoise · True Porpoise · Dalli-type Dall's Porpoise · Truei-type Dall's Porpoise · True's Porpoise

Type material

USNM:MAMM:A21762

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d80ae903-d042-415d-9093-0c15be2edfaf

Type locality

USA, Alaska, "in the strait west of Adakh [sic] Island, one of the Aleutian group."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Canada · Japan · North Korea · South Korea · Mexico · Russia · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AK,WA,OR,CA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006453

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.

Phocoenoides truei

R. C. Andrews, 1911

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

truei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-31425

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-31425

Authority page

32

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Phocaena Dalli

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

dalli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A21762

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d80ae903-d042-415d-9093-0c15be2edfaf

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15383035

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Phocoenoides dalli

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

dalli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806286

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17032/50370912) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phocoenoides dalli dalli

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

dalli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)

Phocoenoides dalli truei

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

truei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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