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Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray 1846
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Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray 1846
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray 1846, Zool. Voy. H. M. S. "Erebus" and "Terror", Vol. 1: 33.
Type Locality: "South Seas".
Vernacular Names: Short-finned Pilot Whale.
Synonyms: Globicephala brachypterus Cope 1876; Globicephala scammonii Cope 1869; Globicephala sieboldii Gray 1846.
Distribution: Worldwide: tropical and warm-temperate waters; cold-temperate waters of the N Pacific, where it appears to stray as far north as the Gulf of Alaska (Pike and MacAskie, 1969).
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (cd).
Discussion: See Van Bree (1971).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, pp. 723-743 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 728, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/347D58E1F49DD54E115EEC1EB4531449 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/9669561FF8A695F91DB93873812A4E4F (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231535368 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Gray
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Delphinidae
- Genus
- Globicephala
- Species
- macrorhynchus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Gray, J. E. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. Pp. 13 - 53, in The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 (Sir J. Richardson and J. E. Gray, eds.) [1844 - 1875]. E. W. Janson, London, 2 vols.
- Pike, G. C., and I. B. MacAskie. 1969. Marine mammals of British Columbia. Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Bulletin, 171: 1 - 54.
- van Bree, P. J. H. 1971. On Globicephala sieboldii Gray, 1846, and other species of pilot whale (Notes on Cetacea, Delphinoidea III). Beaufortia, 19 (249): 79 - 87.