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Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
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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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Nicholson's J. Nat. Philos. Chem. Arts vol.22 p.81
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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Globicephala
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species
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Globicephala melas
Name
- Synonyms
- Delphinus deductor Scoresby, 1820
- Delphinus globiceps Temminck, 1841
- Delphinus grampus Gray, 1846
- Delphinus grinda Lyngbye, 1824
- Delphinus melaena (Traill, 1809)
- Delphinus melas Traill, 1809
- Globicephala edwardii Smith, 1834
- Globicephala melaena (Traill, 1809)
- Globicephala melas leucosagmaphora Tomilin, 1962
- Globicephala meloena Paulus, 1960
- Globicephalus affinis True, 1889
- Globicephalus australis Gray, 1871
- Globicephalus chilensis Philippi, 1896
- Globicephalus chiliensis Phillipi, 1896
- Globicephalus conductor Rapp, 1837
- Globicephalus edwardsii Gray, 1866
- Globicephalus globiceps Philippi, 1893
- Globicephalus indicus (Blyth, 1852)
- Globicephalus intermedius Gray, 1827
- Globicephalus melas Flower, 1885
- Homonyms
- Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
- Common names
- Atlantic Pilot Whale in English
- Atlantic Pilot Whale in English
- Caaing Whale in English
- Caaing Whale in English
- Calderén De Aleta Larga in English
- Calderén de aleta larga in language.
- Common Blackfish in English
- Common Blackfish in English
- Common Pilot Whale in English
- Common Pilot Whale in English
- Gewöhnlicher Grindwal in German
- Globicéphale Noir in English
- Globicéphale noir in French
- Grindwal in German
- Langflossen-Grindwal in English
- Langflossen-Grindwal in German
- Langluffet grindehval in Danish
- Long-Finned Pilot Whale in English
- Long-finned Pilot Whale in English
- Long-finned Pilot Whale in English
- Long-finned Pilot Whale in English
- Long-finned Pilot Whale in English
- Long-finned pilot whale in language.
- North Atlantic Long-finned Pilot Whale in English
- Northern Pilot Whale in English
- Northern Pilot Whale in English
- Pothead Whale in English
- Pothead Whale; North Atlantic Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Melas); Southern Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Edward) in English
- Pothead Whale; North Atlantic Long-finned Pilot Whale (melas); Southern Long-finned Pilot Whale (edward) in English
- Southern Long-finned Pilot Whale in English
- edward in English
- globicéphale noir in French
- globicéphale noir de l'Atlantique in French
- globicéphale noir de l'Atlantique in French
- long-finned pilot whale in English
- long-finned pilot whale in language.
- long-finned pilot whale in English
- melas in English
- noord-atlantische griend, griend in Dutch
- Griend in Dutch
- Long-finned Pilot Whale in English
- Long-finned Pilot Whale in English
- griend in Dutch
- grindval in Swedish
- American Black-Fish in English
- American black-fish in English
- Atlantic Blackfish in English
- Atlantic blackfish in English
- Baliena Sewda in Maltese
- Ballena Piloto in Spanish
Bibliographic References
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Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259.
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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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