Orcaella brevirostris Gray 1866 (Irrawaddy dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combinations: Orca (Orcaella) brevirostris, Orca brevirostris, Orcella brevirostris, Phocaena (Orca) brevirostris

Synonyms: Orcaella fluminalis Gray 1871, Orcella brevirostris fluminalis Gray 1871

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1866. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum 1-402

Belongs to Orcaella according to T. A. Jefferson 2021

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Geisler et al. 2011, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1966, Mead and Brownell 2005, Owen 1866, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1904 and Turner 1912

Sister taxon: Orcaella heinsohni

Type specimens:

  • Orcaella brevirostris: BMNH 1454a, a skull. Its type locality is Waltair, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in India.
  • Orcaella fluminalis:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Bangladesh (1), India (2), Vietnam (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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