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--> SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
--> FAMILY Delphinidae
--> GENUS Grampus
SPECIES Grampus griseus
| Author: | G. Cuvier, 1812. | | Citation: | Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 19: 13. | | Common Name: | Risso’s Dolphin | | Type Locality: | France, Finistere, "envoyé de Brest". | | Distribution: | Worldwide: temperate to tropical waters. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. | | Comments: | Corbet and Hill (1980:110) included rectipinna in this species but it belongs in Orcinus orca. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
rissoanus (Desmarest, 1822)
stearnsii Dall, 1873
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