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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
--> FAMILY Delphinidae
--> GENUS Lagenorhynchus
SPECIES Lagenorhynchus albirostris
| Author: | Gray, 1846. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 17: 84. | | Common Name: | White-beaked Dolphin | | Type Locality: | None given in original description, given by Gray (1846:35) as UK, England, "North Sea, coast of Norfolk.", and by Gray (1850) as Great Yarmouth. | | Distribution: | North Atlantic: cold-temperate waters; L. albirostris tends to be distributed to the north of L. acutus. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | |
| Offspring: | Synonyms:
pseudotursio (Reichenbach, 1846)
ibseni (Eschricht, 1846)
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