Grampus griseus
(G. Cuvier, 1812)
Risso's Dolphin
Distribution :
Worldwide: temperate to tropical waters.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1055
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Artiodactyla |
| Suborder | : Cetacea |
| Infraorder | : Odontoceti |
| Superfamily | : Delphinoidea |
| Family | : Delphinidae |
| Subfamily | : Globicephalinae |
| Genus | : Grampus |
Species status
Authority citation
Cuvier, G. 1812-08. Rapport fait à la classe des Sciences mathématiques et physiques, sur divers Cétacés pris sur les côtes de France, principalement sur ceux qui sont échoués près de Paimpol, le 7 janvier 1812. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 19:1-16.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
delphinus griseus
Other common names
Grampus · Gray Dolphin · Gray Grampus · Risso's Grampus · White-headed Grampus
Type material
MNHN-ZM-AC-1944-307, MNHN-ZM-AC-1945-4, MNHN "CAG B II/156"
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"envoyé de Brest, " Finistère, France.
Biogeographic realm
Marine
Country distribution
Algeria · Angola · Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Aruba · Australia · Bahamas · Barbados · Bermuda · Brazil · Canada · Cayman Islands · Chile · China · Colombia · Comoros · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Cote d'Ivoire · Croatia · Cuba · Cyprus · Denmark · Dominica · East Timor · Ecuador · Egypt · Eritrea · France · French Guiana · French Polynesia · Gabon · Gambia · Germany · Ghana · Greece · Grenada · Guadeloupe · Guam · Guatemala · Guinea-Bissau · Haiti · India · Indonesia · Iran · Ireland · Israel · Italy · Jamaica · Japan · Kenya · Lebanon · Madagascar · Maldives · Malta · Martinique · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mayotte · Mexico · Morocco · Mozambique · New Caledonia · New Zealand · North Korea · Norway · Oman · Pakistan · Panama · Papua New Guinea · Peru · Philippines · Puerto Rico · Russia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Seychelles · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Africa · South Korea · Spain · Sri Lanka · Sudan · Sweden · Syria · Taiwan · Tanzania · Thailand · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Tunisia · Turkey · United Arab Emirates · United Kingdom · United States · United States Virgin Islands · Uruguay · Vanuatu · Venezuela · Vietnam · Yemen · Albania? · American Samoa? · Bahrain? · Bangladesh? · Belgium? · Belize? · Benin? · Bonaire? · Bosnia and Herzegovina? · British Virgin Islands? · Brunei? · Cambodia? · Cameroon? · Cape Verde? · Cocos Islands? · Curaçao? · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Djibouti? · Dominican Republic? · El Salvador? · Equatorial Guinea? · Fiji? · Guinea? · Guyana? · Honduras? · Jordan? · Kiribati? · Liberia? · Malaysia? · Marshall Islands? · Micronesia? · Montenegro? · Montserrat? · Myanmar? · Namibia? · Nauru? · Netherlands? · Nicaragua? · Nigeria? · Niue? · Northern Marianas? · Palau? · Pitcairn? · Portugal? · Qatar? · Republic of the Congo? · Saba? · Saint Kitts and Nevis? · Saint Lucia? · Sierra Leone? · Singapore? · Sint Eustatius? · Sint Maarten? · Slovenia? · Suriname? · São Tomé and Príncipe? · Togo? · Turks and Caicos Islands? · Tuvalu? · Wallis and Futuna?
Subregion distribution
USA(AK, CA, HI, OR, DC?, FL?, LA?, MA?, MD?, NC?, NJ?, NY?, RI?, VA?, WA?)
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 31 names and synonyms.
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