Orcaella Gray 1866

Orcaella Gray 1866 Orcaella Gray 1866, Cat. Seals Whales Brit. Mus.: 285. Type Species: Orca (Orcaella) in Gray 1866 Species and subspecies: 1 species: Species Orcaella brevirostris Owen in Gray 1866 Discussion: We follow Fordyce (1989), Heyning (1989 a ), and Lint et al. (1990) in including Orcaell...

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Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Delphinidae
Orcaella
Orca
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11329695
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Summary:Orcaella Gray 1866 Orcaella Gray 1866, Cat. Seals Whales Brit. Mus.: 285. Type Species: Orca (Orcaella) in Gray 1866 Species and subspecies: 1 species: Species Orcaella brevirostris Owen in Gray 1866 Discussion: We follow Fordyce (1989), Heyning (1989 a ), and Lint et al. (1990) in including Orcaella in the Delphinidae, not in the Monodontidae as was recently proposed (Barnes et al., 1985; Kasuya, 1973). 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 731, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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