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Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Volume 1: Mammalia and Birds.
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Mammalia
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order
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Cetacea
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family
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Delphinidae
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genus
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Peponocephala
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species
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Peponocephala electra
Name
- Synonyms
- Delphinus fusiformis Owen, 1866
- Delphinus pectoralis Peale, 1848
- Electra asia Gray, 1868
- Electra electra Nakajima & Nishiwaki, 1965
- Electra fusiformis Gray, 1868
- Electra obtusa Gray, 1868
- Lagenorhynchus asia Gray, 1846
- Lagenorhynchus electra Gray, 1846
- Lagenorhynchus fusiformis (Owen, 1866)
- Lagenorhynchus pectoralis (Peale, 1848)
- Phocoena pectoralis Peale, 1849
- Homonyms
- Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)
- Common names
- Breitschnabeldelfin in German
- Breitschnabeldelphin in German
- Calderón in Spanish
- Calderón in Spanish
- Delfin de cabeza de melon in language.
- Electra Dolphin in English
- Little Killer Whale in English
- Many-toothed Blackfish in English
- Melon-headed Whale in English
- Melon-headed Whale in English
- Melon-headed Whale in English
- Melon-headed Whale in English
- Melon-headed whale in language.
- Péponocéphale in French
- electra dolphin in English
- electra dolphin in English
- melon-headed whale in language.
- melon-headed whale in English
- 瓜頭鯨 in Chinese
- Melon-headed Whale in English
- Melon-headed Whale in English
- Melon-headed Whale in English
- Witlipdolfijn in Dutch
- Breitschnabeldelfin in German
- Calderón Pequeño in Spanish
- Dauphin d'Electre in French
- Electra in Spanish
- Electra Dolphin in English
- Electra dolphin in English
- Hawaiian blackfish in English
- Indian broad-beaked dolphin in English
- Morfil Pen Pwmpen in Welsh
- Morfilod Pen Pwmpen in Welsh
- Péponocéphale in French
- balena dalla testa di melone in Italian
- ballena melon in Spanish
- blackfish in English
- bolkopdolfyn in Afrikaans
- calderon pequeno in Spanish
- delfín cabeza de melón in Spanish
- elektra balinası in Turkish
- golfinho cabeça de melão in Portuguese
- goyang-i-gorae in Korean
- kazuha gondo kujira in Japanese
- many-toothed blackfish in English
- melon-headed dolphin in English
- melon-headed whale in English
- melonogłów elektra in Polish
- morfil pen pwmpen in Welsh
- paus pemangsa kecil in Indonesian
Bibliographic References
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Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
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Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Volume 1: Mammalia and Birds.
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Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259.
10.5479/si.03629236.246
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Jefferson, T. A. and N. B. Barros. (1997). Peponocephala electra. Mammalian Species 553:1--6.
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Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
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Jefferson, Thomas A., and Nélio B. Barnes, 1997: Peponocephala electra. Mammalian Species, no. 553. 1-6.
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King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
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Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
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Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743.
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Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743.
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Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
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Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4.
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Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
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Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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VIDAL O. 1990. Lista de los mamíferos acuáticos de Colombia. Informes del Museo del Mar (Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá D.C., Colombia) 37:1-18.
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.