Feresa attenuata Gray 1874 (pygmy killer whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Synonyms: Delphinus intermedius Gray 1827, Feresa intermedia Gray 1827, Feresa occulta Jones and Packard 1956, Globiocephalus intermedius Gray 1827, Orca (Feresa) intermedia Gray 1827, Orca intermedia Gray 1827

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1874. Description of the skull of a new species of dolphin (Feresa attenuata). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14:238-239

Belongs to Feresa according to T. A. Jefferson 2021

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, BolaƱos and Villaroel-Marin 2003, Fischer 1829, Gray 1846, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Gray 1870, Gray 1874, Hershkovitz 1966, Mead and Brownell 2005, Palmer 1904, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Feresa attenuata: BMNH 74.11.25.1
  • Delphinus intermedius: BMNH 1672a-74.11.25.1, a skull.
  • Feresa occulta:

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Brazil (2), India (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Tanzania (1), United States (2: Florida, Oregon)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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