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Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846
Order: Cetacea > Family: Delphinidae > Genus: Globicephala > Species: Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846
Common Name: Short-finned Pilot Whale [English]
Type Description
Gray, J. E. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. Pp 13-53, in The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 (Sir J. Richardson and J. E Gray, eds.) [1844-1875]. E. W. Janson, London, 2 vols.
Type Locality
"South Seas".
Measurements
Head and body: 3600-8500 mm
Tail length: 1300 mm
Weight: 800-2750 kg
Tail length: 1300 mm
Weight: 800-2750 kg
Description
Dorsal fin, 300 mm
Key References
1. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:916-917, 944-945.