Authority citation: Gray, J.E. 1846-02-01. On the British Cetacea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)17(110):82-85.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2633625
Original name as described: Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Nominal names: albirostris J. E. Gray, 1846 | ibsenii (Eschricht, 1846) | pseudotursio (H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1846) | ibseni Mead & Brownell, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling | not used as valid]
Other common names: White-beaked Porpoise|White-nosed Dolphin
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Artiodactyla -- Family: Delphinidae -- Subfamily: incertae sedis
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1848.7.12.12 (= BMNH:Mamm:916a)
Type locality: type locality unknown. Later designated by J. E. Gray in 1846 as "North Sea, coast of Norfolk," England, UK, and further modified by Gray in 1850 to "Great Yarmouth."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Belgium (BEL) | Canada (CAN) | Denmark (DNK) | France (FRA) | Germany (DEU) | Greenland (GRL) | Iceland (ISL) | Ireland | Netherlands (NLD) | Norway (NOR) | Russia (RUS) | Sweden (SWE) | United Kingdom (GBR) | United States (USA) | Portugal (PRT) | Spain (ESP) | Estonia (EST) | Finland (FIN) | Latvia (LVA) | Lithuania (LTU) | Poland (POL)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently flagged, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: genus split to Lagenorhynchus acutus, Sagmatias, and Leucopleurus, but "flagged" for further study given conflicting signal in datasets (see https://marinemammalscience.org/science-and-publications/list-marine-mammal-species-subspecies/)
Citation: Vollmer, N. L., Ashe, E., Brownell Jr, R. L., Cipriano, F., Mead, J. G., Reeves, R. R., ... & Williams, R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus. Marine Mammal Science, 35(3), 957-1057.
Please send any edits, corrections, or unfilled data (including full citations) to mammaldiversity [at] gmail [dot] com.
