Pseudorca crassidens
(R. Owen, 1846)
False Killer Whale
Distribution :
Worldwide: temperate to tropical waters.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1059
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Artiodactyla |
| Suborder | : Cetacea |
| Infraorder | : Odontoceti |
| Superfamily | : Delphinoidea |
| Family | : Delphinidae |
| Subfamily | : Globicephalinae |
| Genus | : Pseudorca |
Species status
Authority citation
Owen, R. 1846. [Part 3]. Pp. 449–558 in Owen, R. A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds. John van Voorst, London, 558 pp.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Phocaena crassidens
Other common names
False Pilot Whale
Type material
lost (number not known)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"in the great fen of Lincolnshire beneath the turf [subfossil], in the neighborhood of the ancient town of Stamford, " England, UK.
Biogeographic realm
Marine
Country distribution
American Samoa · Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Aruba · Australia · Bahamas · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Benin · Bermuda · Bonaire · Brazil · British Virgin Islands · Brunei · Cambodia · Cameroon · Canada · Cape Verde · Cayman Islands · Chile · China · Cocos Islands · Colombia · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Cote d'Ivoire · Croatia · Cuba · Curaçao · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Denmark · Djibouti · Dominica · Dominican Republic · East Timor · Ecuador · Egypt · El Salvador · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Fiji · France · French Guiana · French Polynesia · Gabon · Gambia · Germany · Ghana · Greece · Grenada · Guadeloupe · Guam · Guatemala · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Haiti · Honduras · India · Indonesia · Iran · Ireland · Israel · Italy · Jamaica · Japan · Jordan · Kenya · Kiribati · Kuwait · Liberia · Madagascar · Malaysia · Maldives · Malta · Marshall Islands · Martinique · Mauritania · Mayotte · Mexico · Micronesia · Morocco · Mozambique · Myanmar · Namibia · Netherlands · New Caledonia · New Zealand · Nicaragua · Nigeria · Niue · Northern Marianas · Norway · Oman · Pakistan · Palau · Panama · Papua New Guinea · Peru · Philippines · Pitcairn · Portugal · Puerto Rico · Qatar · Republic of the Congo · Saba · Saint Helena · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Singapore · Sint Eustatius · Sint Maarten · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Africa · South Korea · Spain · Sri Lanka · Sudan · Suriname · Syria · São Tomé and Príncipe · Taiwan · Tanzania · Thailand · Togo · Tokelau · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Turkmenistan · Turks and Caicos Islands · United Arab Emirates · United Kingdom · United States Virgin Islands · Uruguay · Vanuatu · Venezuela · Vietnam · Wallis and Futuna · Yemen · Angola? · Belgium? · Bosnia and Herzegovina? · Comoros? · Cyprus? · Iraq? · Lebanon? · Libya? · Mauritius? · Montenegro? · Montserrat? · Nauru? · Norfolk Island? · North Korea? · Palestine? · Poland? · Russia? · Réunion? · Slovenia? · Sweden? · Tunisia? · Tuvalu? · United States?
Subregion distribution
USA(HI, FL?)
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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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: 13 names and synonyms.
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