Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
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 Harlan, 1827; Ferasa attenuate Gray, 1875; Feresa occulta Jones & Packard, 1956; Feresia attenuata Flower, 1884; Feresia intermedia Flower, 1884; Grampus intermedius Gray, 1843
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 language.; pygmy killer whale in English; 小虎鯨 in language.; 小虎鯨 in Chinese; 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 Italian; feresa in English; 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

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