Lissodelphis peronii Lacépède 1804 (southern right whale dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combinations: Delphinapterus peronii, Delphinus peronii, Lissodelphis peroni, Lissodelphis peroni peroni

Synonyms: Delphinapterus lessonii Philippi 1893, Delphinus bicolor Gray 1846, Delphinus leucorhamphus Peron 1804, Prodelphinus gervaisi Trouessart 1898, Prodelphinus leucorhamphus Peron 1804

Full reference: B. Lacépède. 1804. Histoire Naturelle des Cetacees

Belongs to Lissodelphis according to T. A. Jefferson 2021

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Fischer 1829, Gray 1846, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1966, Lacépède 1804, Mead and Brownell 2005, Newcomer et al. 1996, Oliver 1922, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1904 and Van Beneden and Gervais 1880

Sister taxa: Lissodelphis borealis, Lissodelphis fockii, Lissodelphis nordmanni

Type specimens:

  • Lissodelphis peronii: Its type locality is Van Diemen's Land, south, which is in a Holocene marine horizon in Australia
  • Delphinapterus lessonii:
  • Delphinus bicolor:
  • Delphinus leucorhamphus:
  • Prodelphinus gervaisi:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (3), Chile (1), South Africa (2)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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