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Globicephala melas subsp. melas Traill 1809
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Globicephala melas subsp. melas Traill 1809
Globicephala melas subsp. melas Traill 1809, Nicholson's J. Nat. Philos. Chem. Arts, 22: 81.
Type Locality: UK, Scotland, "in Scapay Bay, in Pomona, one of the Orkneys".
Vernacular Names: North Atlantic Longfinned Pilot Whale.
Synonyms: Globicephala melas subsp. globiceps (G. Cuvier 1812); Globicephala melas subsp. svineval Gray 1846.
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)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/15221D28DA3EBBA3707686346A428B51 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231535367 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Traill
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Delphinidae
- Genus
- Globicephala
- Species
- melas
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Taxonomic concept label
- Globicephala melas subsp. melas Traill, 1809 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.