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Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874

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Gray J.E. (1874). Description of the skull of a new species of dolphin (Feresa attenuata). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14:238-239.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Delphinidae
genus
Feresa
species
Feresa attenuata

Name

Synonyms
Delphinus intermedius Gray, 1827
Ferasa attenuate Gray, 1875
Feresa intermedia Gray, 1871
Feresa occulta Jones & Packard, 1956
Feresia attenuata Flower, 1884
Feresia intermedia Flower, 1884
Globiocephalus intermedius Van Beneden & Gervais, 1868-79
Grampus intermedius Gray, 1843
Orca intermedia Gray, 1846
Homonyms
Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874
Common names
Dværgspækhugger in Danish
Orca pigmea in Spanish
Orca pigmea in Spanish
Pygmy Killer Whale in English
Pygmy Killer Whale in English
Pygmy Killer Whale in English
Pygmy killer whale in language.
Zwerggrindwal in German
pygmy killer whale in English
小虎鯨 in Chinese
Dwergzwaardwalvis in Dutch
Pygmy Killer Whale in English
Pygmy Killer Whale in English
Epaulard pygmée in French
Orca Pigmeo in Spanish
Orque pygmée in French
Zwerggrindwal in German
ballena asesina pigmea in Spanish
blackfish in English
cüce katil balina in Turkish
deul-goyang-i-gorae in Korean
dwerggriend in Dutch
dwergmoordvis in Afrikaans
feresa in English
feresa in Italian
nykštukinė orka in Lithuanian
orca ana in Portuguese
orca pigmea in Spanish
orca pymea in Spanish
orka mała in Polish
orque pygmée in French
pritlikava orka in Slovenian
pygmy killer whale in English
slender blackfish in English
yume-gondo in Japanese
Πυγμαία όρκα in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Карликова косатка in Ukrainian
Косатка карликова in Ukrainian
косатка карликовая in Russian
ユメゴンドウ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. 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.
  2. FLÓREZ-GONZÁLEZ L y J CAPELLA-ALZUETA. 1995. Mamíferos Acuáticos de Colombia. Una revisión y nuevas observaciones sobre su presencia, estado del conocimiento y conservación. Informe del Museo del Mar, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, 39:1-29. ref_scmas0544
  3. Gray J.E. (1874). Description of the skull of a new species of dolphin (Feresa attenuata). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14:238-239.
  4. Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259. 10.5479/si.03629236.246
  5. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  6. Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
  7. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4.
  12. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  16. Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
  17. Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
  18. van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376
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