Cetacea taxon details
Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874
137095 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137095)
accepted
Species
Delphinus intermedius Gray, 1827 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
Ferasa attenuate Gray, 1875 · unaccepted (Spelling mistake)
Feresa intermedia Gray, 1871 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
Feresa occulta Jones & Packard, 1956 · unaccepted (synonym)
Feresia attenuata Flower, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Feresia intermedia Flower, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Grampus intermedius Gray, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Orca intermedia Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
marine, terrestrial
Gray J.E. (1874). Description of the skull of a new species of dolphin (Feresa attenuata). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14:238-239. [details]
Note Unknown
From editor or global species database
Type locality Unknown [details]
Distribution in all oceans
Distribution in all oceans [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137095 on 2024-11-22
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Gray J.E. (1874). Description of the skull of a new species of dolphin (Feresa attenuata). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14:238-239. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [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 Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [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 Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype Skull in British Museum (Natural History), no. 1672a-74.11.25.1. [details]IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Type locality Unknown [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution in all oceans [details]Habitat tropical and subtropical, oceanic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | dwergmoordvis | [details] |
| Dutch | dwerggriend | [details] |
| English | slender blackfishpygmy killer whaleferesablackfish | [details] |
| French | orque pygmée | [details] |
| German | Zwerggrindwal | [details] |
| Italian | feresa | [details] |
| Japanese | ユメゴンドウyume-gondo | [details] |
| Korean | deul-goyang-i-gorae | [details] |
| Lithuanian | nykštukinė orka | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Πυγμαία όρκα | [details] |
| Polish | orka mała | [details] |
| Portuguese | orca ana | [details] |
| Russian | косатка карликовая | [details] |
| Slovenian | pritlikava orka | [details] |
| Spanish | orca pymeaorca pigmeaballena asesina pigmea | [details] |
| Turkish | cüce katil balina | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Косатка карликоваКарликова косатка | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Feresa occulta Jones & Packard, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Feresa intermedia Gray, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Orca intermedia Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Feresia attenuata Flower, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Delphinus intermedius Gray, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Feresia intermedia Flower, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Grampus intermedius Gray, 1843)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Feresa attenuata)
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 76 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 550389 Feresa attenuata Radiograph 001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Feresa occulta Jones & Packard, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Feresa intermedia Gray, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Orca intermedia Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Feresia attenuata Flower, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Delphinus intermedius Gray, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Feresia intermedia Flower, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Grampus intermedius Gray, 1843)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Feresa attenuata)
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 76 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 550389 Feresa attenuata Radiograph 001)
To PESI
To ITIS
