Lagenorhynchus acutus Gray 1828

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combinations: Delphinus (Grampus) acutus, Leucopleurus acutus

Synonyms: Delphinus eschrichtii Schlegel 1841, Delphinus leucopleurus Rasch 1843, Lagenorhynchus gubernator Cope 1876, Lagenorhynchus leucopleurus Rasch 1843, Lagenorhynchus perspicillatus Cope 1876, Leucopleurus arcticus Gray 1868

Belongs to Lagenorhynchus according to T. A. Jefferson 2021

See also Fraser and Purves 1960, Geisler et al. 2011, Gray 1846, Gray 1850, Gray 1864, Gray 1866, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1966, LeDuc et al. 1999, Mead and Brownell 2005, Nilsson 1847, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912 and Vollmer et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Delphinus superciliosus, Lagenorhynchus albirostris, Lagenorhynchus clanculus, Lagenorhynchus harmatuki, Lagenorhynchus nilssonii

Type specimens:

  • Lagenorhynchus acutus: Leiden Zoological Musuem?, a skull
  • Delphinus eschrichtii:
  • Delphinus leucopleurus:
  • Lagenorhynchus gubernator:
  • Lagenorhynchus perspicillatus:
  • Leucopleurus arcticus:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Netherlands (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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