Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 (short-beaked common dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combination: Eudelphinus delphis

Synonyms: Delphinus albimanus Peale 1848, Delphinus algeriensis Loche 1860, Delphinus bairdii Dall 1873, Delphinus capensis Gray 1828, Delphinus delphis tropicalis van Bree 1971, Delphinus dussumieri Blanford 1891, Delphinus fluvofasciatus Wagner 1853, Delphinus forsteri Gray 1846, Delphinus frithi Blyth 1859, Delphinus frithii Blyth 1859, Delphinus fulvifasciatus Wagner 1846, Delphinus fulvofasciatus Wagner 1846, Delphinus janira Gray 1846, Delphinus longirostris Cuvier 1829, Delphinus loriger Wiegmann 1846, Delphinus major Gray 1866, Delphinus microps Burmeister 1866, Delphinus moorei Gray 1866, Delphinus moorii Gray 1866, Delphinus novaezelandiae Quoy and Gainard 1830, Delphinus pliocaenicus Gervais 1859, Delphinus pliocaenus Gervais 1859, Delphinus pomeegra Owen 1866, Delphinus ponticus Barabash 1935, Delphinus sao Gray 1846, Delphinus tropicalis van Bree 1971, Delphinus vulgaris Lacépède 1804, Delphinus walkeri Gray 1866, Delphinus zelandae Gray 1843, Eudelphinus pliocaenus Gervais 1859, Eudelphinus tasmaniensis Van Beneden and Gervais 1880, Lagenorhynchus decastelnau Van Beneden 1873

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Delphinus according to T. A. Jefferson 2021

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Barnes 1977, Dal Piaz 1929, De Kay 1842, Fischer 1829, Fordyce 1991, Fordyce and Roberts 2009, Gervais 1852, Gervais 1859, Gray 1846, Gray 1846, Gray 1850, Gray 1864, Gray 1866, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hay 1902, Hershkovitz 1966, Heyning and Perrin 1994, Joleaud 1906, Lacépède 1804, Lal Mohan 1988, Linnaeus 1758, Mead and Brownell 2005, Newton 1891, Nilsson 1847, Oliver 1922, Osborn 1922, Palmer 1904, Perrin et al. 2013, Portis 1925, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Sherman 1952, Thomas 1911, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912, Uhen et al. 2008, Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 and Vidal 1991

Sister taxa: Delphinus baltringii, Delphinus bertini, Delphinus bonnaterrei, Delphinus boryi, Delphinus brevidens, Delphinus chilensis, Delphinus coronatus, Delphinus delannoy, Delphinus dewaeli, Delphinus epiodon, Delphinus fabricii, Delphinus feres, Delphinus harlani, Delphinus leucocephalus, Delphinus maculatus, Delphinus minimus, Delphinus nesarnac, Delphinus niger, Delphinus obtusus, Delphinus pernettyi, Delphinus rappii, Delphinus rhinoceros, Delphinus rikuzenensis, Delphinus risso, Delphinus siculus, Delphinus taramelli, Delphinus tursio, Delphinus wasii, Eudelphinus compressus

Subtaxa: Delphinus delphis delphis

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bulgaria (1 collection), India (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (1), South Africa (2), Spain (1), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Pliocene of Azerbaijan (1), New Zealand (2), Turkmenistan (1)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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