Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray 1828)

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 : 729

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scientific name	Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray 1828)
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Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray 1828) View in CoL

[Delphinus] acutus Gray 1828 View in CoL , Spicil. Zool., 1: 2.

Type Locality: None given, listed as North Sea, Faeroe Isls ( Denmark) (uncertain) by Gray (1846:36).

Vernacular Names: Atlantic White-sided Dolphin.

Synonyms: Lagenorhynchus gubernator Cope 1876 ; Lagenorhynchus leucopleurus (Rasch 1843) ; Lagenorhynchus perspicillatus Cope 1876 .

Distribution: North Atlantic: cold temperate waters; L. acutus tends to be distributed to the south of L. albirostris .

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetacea
SubOrder	Odontoceti
Family	Delphinidae
Genus	Lagenorhynchus

Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray 1828)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

[Delphinus] acutus

Gray 1828: 2

1828

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