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Neophocaena Palmer 1899

Description

Neophocaena Palmer 1899

Neophocaena Palmer 1899, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 13: 23.

Type Species: Delphinus phocaenoides Cuvier 1829

Synonyms: Meomeris Gray 1847; Neomeris Gray 1846.

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 3 subspecies:

Species Neophocaena phocaenoides (G. Cuvier 1829)

Subspecies Neophocaena phocaenoides subsp. phocaenoides G. Cuvier 1829

Subspecies Neophocaena phocaenoides subsp. asiaeorientalis Pilleri and Gihr 1972

Subspecies Neophocaena phocaenoides subsp. sunameri Pilleri and Gihr 1975

Discussion: Includes Neomeris; see Rice (1977) and Pilleri and Chen (1980).

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 735, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Palmer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cetacea
Family
Phocoenidae
Genus
Neophocaena
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Neophocaena Palmer, 1899 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.
  • Pilleri, G., and M. Gihr. 1972. Contribution to the knowledge of cetaceans of Pakistan with particular reference to the genera Neomeris, Sousa, Delphinus and Tursiops and description of a new Chinese porpoise (Neomeris asiaeorientalis). Investigations on Cetacea, 4: 107 - 162.
  • Pilleri, G., and M. Gihr. 1975. On the taxonomy and ecology of the finless black porpoise, Neophocaena (Cetacea, Delphinidae). Mammalia, 39: 657 - 673.
  • Rice, D. W. 1977. A list of the marine mammals of the world. Third ed. NOAA Technical Report, NMFS SSRF- 711: 1 - 15.
  • Pilleri, G., and Chen Pei-xun. 1980. Neophocoena phocaenoides and Neophocaena asiaeorientalis: Taxonomic differences. Investigations on Cetacea, 11: 25 - 32.