Feresa attenuata Gray 1874

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 728

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scientific name

Feresa attenuata Gray 1874
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Feresa attenuata Gray 1874 View in CoL

Feresa attenuata Gray 1874 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 14: 238-239.

Type Locality: "South Seas." .

Vernacular Names: Pygmy Killer Whale.

Synonyms: Feresa intermedius ( Gray 1827) ; Feresa intermedius ( Gray 1843) ; Feresa intermedia ( Gray 1846) ; Feresa occulta Jones and Packard 1956 .

Distribution: Worldwide: tropical to warm-temperate waters.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.

[Gray, J. E.]. 1827. Synopsis of the species of the Class Mammalia, as arranged with reference to their organization, by Cuvier, and other naturalists, with specific characters, synonyma, & c. & c., vol. 5, in The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed. (E. Griffith, C. H. Smith, and E. Pidgeon, eds.). G. B. Whittaker, London, 391 pp.

Gray, J. E. 1843. List of the specimens of Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 216 pp.

Gray, J. E. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. Pp. 13 - 53, in The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 (Sir J. Richardson and J. E. Gray, eds.) [1844 - 1875]. E. W. Janson, London, 2 vols.

Gray, J. E. 1874. Description of a new species of cat (Felis badia) from Sarawak. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1874: 322 - 323.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

SubOrder

Odontoceti

Family

Delphinidae

Genus

Feresa