Delphinus bairdii

Dall, 1873

Eastern Pacific Long-beaked Common 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 : Delphinus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Dall, W.H. 1873-01-29. Descriptions of three new species of Cetacea, from the coast of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(1):12-14.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16062544

Original name as described

Delphinus Bairdii

Other common names

Common Dolphin · Long-beaked Common Dolphin

Type material

LACM:Mamm:84240

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lacm/mammals?id=60b13a98-7135-4ce0-ac07-e9c5c2ed2efc

Type locality

Seal Beach, Orange County, California

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

United States · Mexico · Ecuador · Peru · Chile

Subregion distribution

USA(CA,WA,OR)

Taxonomy notes

split from capensis (now a synonym of D. delphis)

Taxonomy notes citation

Jefferson, T. A., Archer, F. I., & Robertson, K. M. 2024. The long‐beaked common dolphin of the eastern Pacific Ocean: Taxonomic status and redescription of Delphinus bairdii. Marine Mammal Science, e13133.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006861

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 Bairdii

Dall, 1873

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

bairdii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LACM:Mamm:84240

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lacm/mammals?id=60b13a98-7135-4ce0-ac07-e9c5c2ed2efc

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16062544

Authority publication

Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Dall (1873:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16062544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68966)
  2. True (1885:588, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Jackson & Groves (2015:357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Delphinus bairdi

Norris & Prescott, 1961

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

bairdi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

296, 300, 309

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Delphinus delphis bairdi

Hershkovitz, 1966

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

bairdi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7869889

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Hershkovitz (1966:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7869889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11469)

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