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Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Reise nach Ostind. China Rostock vol.1 p.7

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Delphinidae
genus
Sousa
species
Sousa chinensis

Name

Synonyms
Delphinus chinensis Osbeck, 1765
Delphinus sinensis Desmarest, 1822
Sotalia borneensis Lydekker, 1901
Sotalia chinensis True, 1889
Sotalia plumbea (G.Cuvier, 1829)
Sotalia sinensis Flower, 1883
Sousa borneensis (Lydekker, 1901)
Sousa huangi Wang Peilie, 1999
Sousa lentiginosa Iredale & Troughton, 1934
Sousa queenslandensis Gaskin, 1972
Steno chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
Steno lentiginosus Blanford, 1891
Homonyms
Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
Common names
Borneo White Dolphin in English
Chinese White Dolphin in English
Chinese white dolphin in English
Chinese white dolphin in English
Chinese white dolphin in English
Chinesischer Weißer Delphin in German
Dauphin de Chine in French
Delfin jorobado indopacifico in language.
Indian Humpback Dolphin in English
Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin in English
Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin in English
Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin in English
Indo-Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin in English
Indo-Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin in English
Indo-Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin in English
Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin in language.
Indo-pacific humpbacked dolphin in language.
Indopazifik-Buckeldelfin in German
Lead-colored Dolphin in English
Pacific Humpback Dolphin in English
Pacific humpback dolphin in English
Pacific humpback dolphin in English
Plumbeous Dolphin in English
Ridge-backed Dolphin in English
Speckled Dolphin in English
White Dolphin in English
White Dolphin; Pacific Humpback Dolphin (chinensis type); Indian Humpback Dolphin (plumbea type) in English
chinensis type in English
plumbea type in English
中華白海豚 in Chinese
Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin in English
Bornean dolphin in English
Borneo white dolphin in English
Chinese White Dolphin in English
Chinese white dolphin in English
Dauphin a bosse de I'Indo-Pacifique in French
Delfin jorobado del Indo-Pacifico in Spanish
Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin in English
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin in English
Jung wat bat hoi tun in Chinese
Lumba balaq in Malay
Lumba lumba putih Cina in Indonesian
Parampaun laut in Malay
Zhonghua bai haitun in Chinese
Zhonghua white dolphin in English
boggelrugdolfyn in Afrikaans
bolla gadimi in Telugu
darfeel in Arabic
dauphin à bosse de l'Indo-Pacifique in French
delfín jorobado del Pacífico in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Frère, Céline H., Peter T. Hale, Lindsay Porter, Victor C. Cockcroft, and Merel L. Dalebout, 2008: Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA sequences suggests revision of humpback dolphin (Sousa spp.) taxonomy is needed. Marine & Freshwater Research, vol. 59, no. 3. 259-268.
  2. Jefferson, T.A.; Karczmarski, L. (2001). Sousa chinensis. <em>Mammalian species.</em> 655: 1-9.
  3. Jefferson, Thomas A., and Leszek Karczmarski, 2001: Sousa chinensis. Mammalian Species, no. 655. 1-9.
  4. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  5. 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.
  6. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  7. Wang, John Y., Shih Chu Yang, and Samuel K. Hung, 2015: Diagnosability and description of a new subspecies of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765), from the Taiwan Strait. Zoological Studies, vol. 54. 36.
  8. 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.
  9. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  10. Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
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