Lagenorhynchus

Lagenorhynchus
Temporal range: Pliocene to Recent[1]
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Lagenorhynchus
Gray, 1846
Type species
Delphinus albirostris [2]
Gray, 1846
Species

Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Lagenorhynchus australis
Lagenorhynchus cruciger
†Lagenorhynchus harmatuki

Lagenorhynchus is a genus of oceanic dolphins in the infraorder Cetacea, presently containing six extant species.[3] However, there is consistent molecular evidence that the genus is polyphyletic[4] and several of the species are likely to be moved to other genera. In addition, the extinct species Lagenorhynchus harmatuki is also classified in this genus.[5]

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Lagenorhynchus".
  2. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ "List of marine mammal species". Society for Marine Mammalogy. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ LeDuc, Perrin & Dizon 1999
  5. ^ "Fossilworks: Lagenorhynchus harmatuki". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.