Tursiops erebennus

(Cope, 1865)

Tamanend's Bottlenose 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 : Tursiops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Cope, E.D. 1865-12-26. Second contribution to a history of the Delphinidæ. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17:278-281.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1682378

Original name as described

Delphinus erebennus

Other common names

Bottlenose Dolphin

Type material

ANSP 3020

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Red Bank, below opposite this city [Philadelphia], New Jersey, United States.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

United States · Canada? · Bahamas?

Subregion distribution

USA(DC,DE,FL,GA,MD,NJ,NY,NC,SC,TX,VA,RI,MA,ME)

Taxonomy notes

split from T. truncatus; Tursiops as a whole is in need of even more comprehensive taxonomic revision using range wide data and any taxonomic arrangement for the genus should be considere tentative for now

Taxonomy notes citation

Costa, A. P., Mcfee, W., Wilcox, L. A., Archer, F. I., & Rosel, P. E. (2022). The common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) ecotypes of the western North Atlantic revisited: an integrative taxonomic investigation supports the presence of distinct species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 196(4), 1608-1636.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006849

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.

Delphinus erebennus

(Cope, 1865)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

erebennus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 3020

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

281

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1682378

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Tursio erebennus

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

erebennus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15945507

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1871:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15945507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37256)

Tursiops subridens

F. W. True, 1884

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

subridens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A16504, USNM:MAMM:A16505

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/382edf224-4fa2-4edb-ac5d-ddd957c5eb3a http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39b07770b-17b1-4504-a3f2-e51fff71765b

Authority page

638

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32369885

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Tursiops erebennus

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

erebennus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

589

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306383

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. True (1885:589, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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