Lagenodelphis hosei

F. C. Fraser, 1956

Fraser's Dolphin

Formerly in order Cetacea. Also as Bornean Dolphin, Fraser's Porpoise, Hose's Dolphin, Sarawak Dolphin, Shortsnout Dolphin.
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Location:East Timor, near Atauro islandDate taken:Oct 23, 2010Description:Formerly in order Cetacea. Also as Bornean Dolphin, Fraser's Porpoise, Hose's Dolphin, Sarawak Dolphin, Shortsnout Dolphin.

Distribution :

Worldwide: warm-temperate to tropical waters.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6207

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Cetacea
Infraorder: Odontoceti
Superfamily: Delphinoidea
Family: Delphinidae
Subfamily: Delphininae
Genus: Lagenodelphis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Fraser, F.C. 1956. A new Sarawak dolphin. Sarawak Museum Journal 7(8):478-503.

Original name as described

Lagenodelphis hosei

Other common names

Bornean Dolphin · Fraser's Porpoise · Hose's Dolphin · Sarawak Dolphin · Shortsnout Dolphin

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.5.9.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1ea4716b-17d4-4a4b-98d6-3b8ab248025a

Type locality

mouth of Lutong River, Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Angola · Argentina · Australia · Brazil · Brunei · Canary Islands · Cape Verde · China · Colombia · Comoros · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Dominica · Ecuador · French Polynesia · Ghana · Guadeloupe · Indonesia · Japan · Kenya · Kiribati · Madagascar · Malaysia · Maldives · Martinique · Mauritius · Mayotte · Micronesia · Mozambique · Nauru · Oman · Palau · Panama · Papua New Guinea · Philippines · Puerto Rico · Réunion · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · Senegal · Seychelles · Solomon Islands · South Africa · Spain · Sri Lanka · Suriname · Taiwan · Thailand · United States · Uruguay · Venezuela · Vietnam · American Samoa? · Anguilla? · Antigua and Barbuda? · Aruba? · Azores? · Bahamas? · Bahrain? · Bangladesh? · Barbados? · Belize? · Benin? · Bermuda? · Bonaire? · British Virgin Islands? · Cambodia? · Cameroon? · Cayman Islands? · Cote d'Ivoire? · Cuba? · Curaçao? · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Djibouti? · Dominican Republic? · East Timor? · Egypt? · El Salvador? · Equatorial Guinea? · Eritrea? · Ethiopia? · Fiji? · French Guiana? · Gabon? · Gambia? · Grenada? · Guam? · Guatemala? · Guinea? · Guinea-Bissau? · Guyana? · Haiti? · Honduras? · India? · Iran? · Iraq? · Israel? · Jamaica? · Jordan? · Kuwait? · Liberia? · Madeira? · Marshall Islands? · Mauritania? · Mexico? · Morocco? · Myanmar? · Namibia? · New Caledonia? · Nicaragua? · Niue? · North Korea? · Northern Marianas? · Pakistan? · Peru? · Pitcairn? · Portugal? · Qatar? · Republic of the Congo? · Saba? · Saint Helena? · Saint Kitts and Nevis? · Saint Lucia? · Saudi Arabia? · Sierra Leone? · Singapore? · Sint Eustatius? · Sint Maarten? · Somalia? · South Korea? · Spain? · Sudan? · São Tomé and Príncipe? · Tanzania? · Togo? · Tonga? · Trinidad and Tobago? · Turks and Caicos Islands? · Tuvalu? · United Arab Emirates? · United States Virgin Islands? · Vanuatu? · Wallis and Futuna? · Yemen?

Subregion distribution

USA(FL, HI, NC, TX)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006416

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow.Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Lagenodelphis hosei

F. C. Fraser, 1956

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

hosei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.5.9.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

at the mouth of the Lutong River, Baram, Borneo

Type locality

Malaysia: Sarawak.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1ea4716b-17d4-4a4b-98d6-3b8ab248025a

Authority page

496

Authority publication

Sarawak Museum Journal

Name usages

Hershkovitz (1966:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7869902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11469)
Corbet & Hill (1980:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Mead & Brownell (1993:353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69010)
LeDuc, Perrin & Dizon (1999:639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/987)
Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Jackson & Groves (2015:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Jackson & Groves (2015:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11140/50360282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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