Lagenorhynchus australis

Lagenorhynchus australis (Peak, 1848). Mammalia in Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8:33, pl. 6. TYPE LOCALITY: "South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Patagonia", Argentina, 1 days sail north of the Straits of LeMaire. DISTRIBUTION: Chile to Argentina: Valparaiso to Commodoro Rivadavia and Falkla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: James G. Mead, Robert L. Brownell, Jr.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Delphinidae
Lagenorhynchus
Lagenorhynchus australis
Patagonia
Pacific
Argentina
Lemaire
South Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7154931
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7154931
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Summary:Lagenorhynchus australis (Peak, 1848). Mammalia in Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8:33, pl. 6. TYPE LOCALITY: "South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Patagonia", Argentina, 1 days sail north of the Straits of LeMaire. DISTRIBUTION: Chile to Argentina: Valparaiso to Commodoro Rivadavia and Falkland Isis: Cold-temperate waters. One published (photograph) sighting in the tropical waters of the South Pacific, Cook Isis (Leatherwood et al. (1991). STATUS: CITES - Appendix II. SYNONYMS: amblodon, chilöensis. COMMENTS: Included in cruciger by Bierman and Slijper (1947) and Hershkovitz (1966a:67), but considered a distinct species by Fraser (1966), Rice (1977), Brownell (1974), and Mitchell (1975). Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 353, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7352970

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