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Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828

Dataset
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SPECIES
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Gray, J. E. (1828-1830). <i>Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals</i>. Treüttel, Würtz & Co. & Wood. Parts I & II: part I, 1–8, pls. 1–6 (1 July 1828); part II, 9–12, pls. 7–11 (August 1830).
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Delphinidae
genus
Delphinus
species
Delphinus delphis

Name

Homonyms
Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828
Delphinus capensis Rapp, 1837
Delphinus capensis Dussumier, 1829
Common names
Cape Dolphin in English
Dauphin du Cap in English
Delfin de hocico largo in English
Langschnauzendelfin in English
Long-beaked Common Dolphin in English
Long-beaked Common Dolphin in English
Long-beaked Common Dolphin in English
Long-beaked Saddleback Dolphin; Indo-Pacific Common Dolphin (tropicalis) in English
long-beaked common dolphin in language.
long-beaked common dolphin in English
long-beaked saddle-backed dolphin in English
long-beaked saddleback dolphin in English
長吻真海豚 in Chinese
Baja-neritic common dolphin in English
common dolphin in English
dauphin commun à long bec in French
delfín común de rostro largo in Spanish
ginburi-cham-dolgorae in Korean
golfinho-comum-de-bico-longo in Portuguese
long-beaked common dolphin in English
long-beaked saddle-back dolphin in English
plaloma pak yao in Thai
saddle-back dolphin in English
whitebelly porpoise in English
ハセイルカ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Cunha, H. A.; De Castro, R. L.; Secchi, E. R.; Crespo, E. A.; Lailson-Brito, J.; Azevedo, A. F.; Lazoski, C.; Solé-Cava, A. M. (2015). Molecular and Morphological Differentiation of Common Dolphins (Delphinus sp.) in the Southwestern Atlantic: Testing the Two Species Hypothesis in Sympatry. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(11): e0140251. 10.1371/journal.pone.0140251
  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. (1828-1830). <i>Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals</i>. Treüttel, Würtz & Co. & Wood. Parts I & II: part I, 1–8, pls. 1–6 (1 July 1828); part II, 9–12, pls. 7–11 (August 1830).
  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. Heyning, J. E. and W. F. Perrin. (1994). Evidence for two species of common dolphins (genus <i>Delphinus</i>)from the eastern North Pacific. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science 442:1-35.
  6. Heyning, John E., and William F. Perrin, 1994: Evidence for Two Species of Common Dolphins (Genus Delphinus) from the Eastern North Pacific. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science, no. 442. 1-35.
  7. Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
  8. Jefferson, Thomas A., and Koen Van Waerebeek, 2002: The taxonomic status of the nominal dolphin species Delphinus tropicalis van Bree, 1971. Marine Mammal Science, vol. 18, no. 4. 787-818.
  9. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4.
  14. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  15. 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.
  16. Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
  17. 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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