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species

Long-finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Cetacea - cetaceans »  family Delphinidae - dolphins

Scientific synonyms

Delphinus deductor Scoresby, 1820
Delphinus globiceps
Delphinus grinda Lyngbye, 1824
Delphinus melas
Globicephala globiceps
Globicephala leucosagmaphora Rayner, 1939
Globicephala melaena
Globicephala melas leucosagmaphora Tomilin, 1962
Globicephalus affinis True, 1889
Globicephalus australis Gray, 1871

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 2

subspecies Globicephala melas edwardii (A. Smith, 1834)
subspecies Globicephala melas melas (Traill, 1809)

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)]
Australian Faunal Directory [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversi...], Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Globicephala melas Traill, 1809]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)]

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