Pseudorca crassidens

Pseudorca crassidens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Odontoceti

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Familia: Delphinidae
Genus: Pseudorca
Species: Pseudorca crassidens

Name

Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846)

Type locality: UK, England, "in the great fen of Lincolnshire beneath the turf, in the neighborhood of the ancient town of Stamford". (subfossil).

Synonyms

• Phocaena crassidens Owen, 1846
• Orca meridionalis Flower, 1864
• Pseudorca meridionalis (Flower, 1865)
• Orca destructor Cope, 1866
• Globicephalus grayi Burmeister, 1869
• Pseudorca? meditarranea Giglioli, 1882

References

• Owen, R. A. 1846. A history of British fossil mammals and birds. London, p. 516, fig. 213.
• Flower, W. H. 1864. On a new species of grampus (Orca meridionalis) from Tasmania. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1864: 420.
• Owen, E. D. 1866. Third contribution to the history of the Balaenidae and Delphinidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1866: 293.
• Burmeister, H. 1869. Descripcion de cuatro especies de Delphinides. Anales Museo Publico Buenos Aires, 1: 367.
• Giglioli, H. 1882. Note intorno un nuovo Cetaceo nel Mediterraneo da riferirsi probabilmente al genere Pseudorca. Zoolgischer Anzeiger, 5 (112): 288-289.
• Stacey, P. J., Leatherwood S., and R. W. Baird, 1994. Pseudorca crassidens. Mammalian Species, 456: 1-6.

Links

• Pseudorca crassidens in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• IUCN link: Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) (Data Deficient)
• Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) Report on ITIS
• Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Pseudorca crassidens

Vernacular names

English: False Killer Whale
Español: Falsa orca
Français: Fausse orque
日本語: オキゴンドウ
Polski: Orka karłowata
Suomi: Pikkumiekkavalas
Türkçe: Yalancı katil balina

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