Lissodelphis borealis ( Peale, 1848 )

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 137

Lissodelphis borealis ( Peale, 1848) — Northern Right-whale Dolphin

Delphinapterus borealis Peale, 1848 p.35 ; Type locality- Oregon, US (46° 6’ 50” N, 135° 5’ W).

Tursio borealis: Kuroda, 1938 p.16 .

Lissodelphis borealis: Kim et al., 2000 p.107 ; Kim, 2000 p.250.

Range: Stranded L. borealis rarely occur along the coast of Gyeongsangbuk Province, east-central Korea ( Kim 2004; Fig. 91 ). This dolphin is considered a vagrant in Korean waters.

Remarks: Speculation about the classification of L. borealis as a species led to the proposal that L. borealis represents a subspecies of L. peronei ( Honacki et al. 1982) , but most modern whale biologists accept the current classification as a species. However, the current taxonomic status could change with a larger sample ( Jefferson & Newcomer 1993). The current taxonomy has the northern right-whale dolphin as a monotypic species.

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FIGURE 91. Range map of Lissodelphis borealis in Korea.