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Phocoena G.Cuvier, 1816

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. <em>Les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides.</em> Edition 1 [Work generally dated 1817; published before 2 December 1816 according to Roux, <i>Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History</i> 8(1): 31]. 2( i-xviii): 1-532, [Pls. 9-10, in v. 4].

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Phocoenidae
genus
Phocoena

Name

Synonyms
Acanthodelphis Gray, 1866
Australophocaena Barnes, 1985
Australophocoena Barnes, 1985
Phocaena Cuvier, 1817
Phocaena Gray, 1828
Phocaena Lesson, 1827
Phocena Gray, 1821
Homonyms
Phocoena G.Cuvier, 1816
Common names
Common Porpoises in English
Common Porpoises in English
Harbor Porpoises in English
Harbor porpoise in language.
common porpoises in English
common porpoises in English
harbor porpoises in English
harbor porpoises in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Aphia 2006
  2. ArtDatabanken (2004) TAXA-tabellen
  3. 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.
  4. Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4].
  5. Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. <em>FAO Species identification guide.</em> FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.
  6. 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.
  7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  8. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  9. Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em>
  10. R. Anim., 1, 1817
  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. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  13. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
  14. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  15. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  16. 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.
  17. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  18. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  19. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  20. Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
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