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Sotalia guianensis (P.-J.van Bénéden, 1864)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Van Beneden, P. J. (1864). Mém. Cour. Acad. Roy, Bruxelles, Coll., 16(2): 27, fig. 31--34, pl. 2.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Delphinidae
genus
Sotalia
species
Sotalia guianensis

Name

Synonyms
Delphinus guianensis P.-J.van Bénéden, 1864
Sotalia brasiliensis P.-J.van Bénéden, 1875
Sotalia braziliensis Racovitza, 1903
Sotalia fluviatilis guianensis (P.-J.van Bénéden, 1864)
Steno guianensis Trouessart, 1898
Steno guianensis Van Beneden, 1868
Tursio guianensis Gray, 1866
Homonyms
Sotalia guianensis (P.-J.van Bénéden, 1864)
Common names
Costero in English
Dauphin costero in French
Dauphin de Guyane, Sotalie de Guyane, Costero in French
Delfin costero in language.
Delfín costero in Spanish
Guiana Dolphin in English
Guiana Dolphin in English
Guiana River Dolphin in English
Guiana dolphin in English
Guiana dolphin in English
Kiisten-Sotalia in German
Tonina | Delfín De Río in Spanish
costero in Spanish
costero in Spanish
Guiana Dolphin in English
Boto in Portuguese
Boto-cinza in Portuguese
Bufeo Blanco in Spanish
Bufeo Gris in Spanish
Bufeo Negro in Spanish
Guiana dolphin in English
boto cinza in Portuguese
boto comun in Portuguese
bufeo negro in Spanish
costero in Spanish
delfin estuarino in Spanish
golfinho cinza in Portuguese
sotalia de Guiana in French
tonina in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. CABALLERO S, F TRUJILLO, JA VIANNA, H BARRIOS-GARRIDO, MG MONTIEL, S BELTRÁN-PEDREROS, M MARMONTEL, MC SANTOS, M ROSSI-SANTOS, FR SANTOS y CS BAKER. 2007. Taxonomic status of the genus Sotalia: species level ranking for tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) and costero (Sotalia guianensis) dolphins. Marine Mammal Science 23:358-386. Marine Mammal Science 23:358-386
  2. Caballero, S., F. Trujillo, J. A. Vianna, H. Barrios-Garrido, M. G. Montiel, et al., 2007: Taxonomic status of the genus Sotalia: species level ranking for "tucuxi" (Sotalia fluviatilis) and "costero" (Sotalia guianensis) dolphins. Marine Mammal Science, vol. 23, no. 2. 358-386.
  3. Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259. 10.5479/si.03629236.246
  4. Hershkovitz, Philip, 1966: Catalog of Living Whales. United States National Museum Bulletin, no. 246. viii + 259.
  5. Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
  6. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4.
  11. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  12. Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
  13. van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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