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Phocoenoides dalli  (True, 1885)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180480

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Phocaena dalli True, 1885
  
  Common Name(s): Dall's Porpoise [English]
  
    Marsopa de Dall [Spanish]
  
    True's Porpoise [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 -- mamífero, mammals, mammifères  
             SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                   OrderCetacea Brisson, 1762 -- baleia, baleines, cetaceans, cetáceo, cétacés, dauphins, dolphins, golfinho, mammfères marins, marine mammals, marsouins, porpoises, whales  
                      SuborderOdontoceti Flower, 1867 -- toothed whales  
                         FamilyPhocoenidae Gray, 1825 -- porpoises  
                            GenusPhocoenoides Andrews, 1911 -- Dall's porpoises  
                               SpeciesPhocoenoides dalli (True, 1885) -- Dall's Porpoise, Marsopa de Dall, True's Porpoise  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Subspecies Phocoenoides dalli dalli (True, 1885) -- Dall's Porpoise 
                                  Subspecies Phocoenoides dalli truei Andrews, 1911 -- True's Porpoise 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Phocoenoides dalli   
       
  Expert: Dr. James G. Mead  
  Notes: Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560   
  Reference for: Phocoenoides dalli   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Marsopa de Dall [Spanish]   
       
  Source: Mammal Species of the World, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 1998   
  Notes: http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/   
  Reference for: Phocoenoides dalli   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phocoenoides dalli   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Phocoenoides dalli   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Jefferson, Thomas A.  
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phocoenoides dalli   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Species, no. 319   
  Page(s): 1-7   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0076-3519   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phocoenoides dalli   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Cetacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1   
  Page(s): 723-743   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phocoenoides dalli, Dall's Porpoise   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rice, Dale W.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4   
  Page(s): ix + 231   
  Publisher: The Society for Marine Mammalogy   
  Publication Place: Lawrence, Kansas, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-891276-03-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phocoenoides dalli   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Phocoenoides dalli   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Phocoenoides dalli, Dall's Porpoise   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals   
  Page(s): xxv + 750   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-845-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phocoenoides dalli   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Indo-West Pacific  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Lower Risk (cd)  
    Comments: Reviewed by Jefferson (1988, Mammalian Species 319). Rice (1998:125) recognized P. d. dalli and P. d. truei (True's Porpoise)  
 

 

    

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