WoRMS taxon details
Orcaella brevirostris (Owen in Gray, 1866)
148732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148732)
accepted
Species
Orca (Orcaella) brevirostris Owen in Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (basionym)
Orcaella brevirostris brevirostris Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 · unaccepted (synonym)
Orcaella brevirostris fluminalis Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 · unaccepted (synonym)
Orcaella fluminalis Gray, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Orcella brevirostris Anderson, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Orcella fluminalis Anderson, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phocaena (Orca) brevirostris Owen, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Orcaella brevirostris brevirostris Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 accepted as Orcaella brevirostris (Owen in Gray, 1866) (synonym)
- Subspecies Orcaella brevirostris fluminalis Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 accepted as Orcaella brevirostris (Owen in Gray, 1866) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Orca (Orcaella) brevirostris Owen in Gray, 1866) Gray J.E. (1866). Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. Trustees of the British Museum, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38547844
page(s): 285 [details]
page(s): 285 [details]
Note Harbor of Vizagapatam, Madras, Bay of Bengal,...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Harbor of Vizagapatam, Madras, Bay of Bengal, India. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Orcaella brevirostris (Owen in Gray, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148732 on 2024-11-08
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(of Orca (Orcaella) brevirostris Owen in Gray, 1866) Gray J.E. (1866). Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. Trustees of the British Museum, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38547844
page(s): 285 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ali, N.-F.; Rajamani, L.; Rahman, A. A.; Porter, L.; Kwang, S. Y.; Fadzly, N. (2023). Fig. 8 in Habitat use and behaviour of the Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris and the Indo-Pacific finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides off the west coast of Penang Island, Malaysia. <em>Zenodo.</em> , available online at https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RBZ-2023-0013.pdf [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
page(s): 285 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ali, N.-F.; Rajamani, L.; Rahman, A. A.; Porter, L.; Kwang, S. Y.; Fadzly, N. (2023). Fig. 8 in Habitat use and behaviour of the Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris and the Indo-Pacific finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides off the west coast of Penang Island, Malaysia. <em>Zenodo.</em> , available online at https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RBZ-2023-0013.pdf [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype Skull in British Museum (Natural History), London; no. 1454a, collected by Sir Walter Elliot. [details]IUCN Red List Category Vulnerable (VU) [details]
Type locality Harbor of Vizagapatam, Madras, Bay of Bengal, India. [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat in coastal, brackish and fresh waters, tropical and subtropical [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Irrawaddydolfijn | [details] |
| English | snubfin dolphinlarger Indian porpoiseIrrawaddy dolphinIrawadi dolphindolphin of the Irawadi | [details] |
| French | orcelle | [details] |
| Indonesian | pesutlumba-lumba Mahakamlumba-lumba air tawar Irawadi | [details] |
| Spanish | delfín del Irrawaddy | [details] |
| Thai | plaloma irawadiplaloma huabadkhriblang | [details] |
| Turkish | Irravady yunusu | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Orca (Orcaella) brevirostris Owen in Gray, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Orcaella fluminalis Gray, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Orcaella brevirostris brevirostris Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Orcaella brevirostris fluminalis Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Orcella fluminalis Anderson, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Orcella brevirostris Anderson, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orcaella brevirostris)
To GenBank (139 nucleotides; 205 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 10187 Orcaella brevirostris skull)
To NMNH Extant Collection (STR18815 Orcaella brevirostris skull - dorsal, ventral left lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Orca (Orcaella) brevirostris Owen in Gray, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Orcaella fluminalis Gray, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Orcaella brevirostris brevirostris Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Orcaella brevirostris fluminalis Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Orcella fluminalis Anderson, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications) (from synonym Orcella brevirostris Anderson, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orcaella brevirostris)
To GenBank (139 nucleotides; 205 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 10187 Orcaella brevirostris skull)
To NMNH Extant Collection (STR18815 Orcaella brevirostris skull - dorsal, ventral left lateral view)
To ITIS
