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Tursiops truncatus
Description
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821). Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc., 3:75.
TYPE LOCALITY: U.K., England, Devonshire, Stoke Gabriel (about 5 mi. (8 km) up the River Dart), Duncannon Pool.
DISTRIBUTION: Tropical and temperate waters of the world, including the Black Sea.
COMMENT: Includes aduncus, gephyreus, gillii, and nuuanu; see IWC, 1975, J. Fish Res. Bd. Can., 32:968. Ross, 1977, Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. Nat. Hist., 11(9): 135— 194, stated that aduncus (in the tropical Indo-Pacific) may be a distinct species. Hall, 1981:885-887, considered nesarnack (synonym of truncatus) and gillii distinct species.
PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301411002014002001 as T. truncatus.
5301411002014001001 as T. gilli (sic).
Notes
Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, pp. 290-304 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 297, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352983
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Related works
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7352983 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/3C48BD20FFBFFFB2FFEA4163CA624C0E (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Delphinidae
- Genus
- Tursiops
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Montagu
- Species
- truncatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982
References
- Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.