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Common Dolphins

Delphinus Linnaeus 1758

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Delphinus Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Delphinus
Genus recognized by Egypt Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Angola Species List, Australia Species List, Benin Species List, Belgium Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, Croatia Species List, Denmark Species List, Dominica Species List, Ecuador Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Guatemala Species List, Iceland Species List, India Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Morocco Species List, Namibia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Portugal Species List, Seychelles Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Mexico Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Black Sea Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Gulf of Suez Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Ligurian Sea Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Sea of Marmara Species List, Skagerrak Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AF, wikipedia ET, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia SK, wikipedia NN, wikipedia LV, wikipedia IS, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, wikipedia gl Galician, Aegean Sea Species List, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, CITES, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GGBN data coverage, and wikipedia BR
Delphinus
Recognized by AnAge articles, INBio, IABIN, Furui 2020, and BHL data coverage
Delphinus Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, World Register of Marine Species, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

Eudelphinus P.-J. van Bénéden & Gervais 1880
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Rhinodelphis Wagner 1846
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Clymenia gudamu (Owen 1866)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821))
Delphinus abusalam Ruppell 1842
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus anarnacus Desmarest 1822
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus bertini Desmarest 1817
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus bonnaterrei Tiedemann 1808
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus boryi Desmarest 1822
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus caerulescens Giglioli 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus capensis Rapp 1837
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
Delphinus carbonarius Wagner 1846
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus coronatus Freminville 1812
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus cymodice Cabrera 1961
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus cymodoce Gray 1846
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus epiodon Desmarest 1822
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus eurynome Gray 1846
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus fabricii Billberg 1828
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus feres Bonnaterre 1789
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus gadamu Owen 1866
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus hamatus Wiegmann 1846
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus harlani Fischer 1829
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus leucocephalus Lesson 1826
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus livittatus F. Cuvier 1836
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus maculatus Lesson & Garnot 1826
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus maculiventer Owen 1846
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus minimus Lesson 1826
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus nesarnac Lesson 1827
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus niger Lacépède 1818
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus perniger Blyth 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus rappii Reichenbach 1845
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus rhinoceros Quoy & Gaimard 1824
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus roseiventris Ogawa 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus salam Van Beneden 1886
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus siculus Rafinesque 1810
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus spec Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus symodice Gray 1870
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus tursio Fabricius 1780
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinus walkeri Gray 1866
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eudelphinus tasmaniensis Van Beneden & Gervais 1880
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Steno coronatus (Blainville 1817)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758)
Steno gadamu Gray 1866
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Steno Gray, 1846)
Tursio abusalam (Ruppell 1842)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1833))
Tursio cymodoce Gray 1868
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Lissodelphis Gloger, 1841)
Tursio eurynome Gray 1868
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Lissodelphis Gloger, 1841)
Tursiops abusalam (Ruppell 1842)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1833))
Delphinus
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, Milk Composition of Non Dairy Animals, GBIF national node type records UK, NMNH type specimens, Paleobiology Database, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Kappeler et al 2013, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group
Eudelphinus P.-J. van Bénéden & Gervais 1880
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Eudelphinus P.-J. van Bénéden & Gervais 1880
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Eudelphinus P.-J. van Bénéden & Gervais 1880
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Rhinodelphis Wagner 1846
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Rhinodelphis Wagner 1846
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Rhinodelphis Wagner 1846
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

common dolphins preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Arabic

دلفين شائع preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

Обикновени делфини preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Dofí comú preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

海豚属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Almindelige delfiner preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Delfeno (genro) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

Delfiin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Delfiinit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

דולפין preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Léttir preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

deilf choiteann preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

マイルカ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Korean

참돌고래 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

parastie delfīni preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Tééh hóyáanii íiyisígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Vanlige delfiner preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

دلفین معمولی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Delfin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Vanliga delfiner preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Bayağı yunus preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Дельфін preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Chi Cá heo mỏ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

دلفين شائع preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

عام ڈولفن preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yue

真海豚屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

海豚属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

海豚属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

海豚屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

海豚屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

海豚屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Delphinus Linnaeus 1758

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Delphinus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758
Cephalorhynchus Gray 1846
Feresa Gray 1870
Globicephala Lesson 1828
Grampus Gray 1828
Lagenodelphis Fraser 1956
Lagenorhynchus Gray 1846
Lissodelphis Gloger 1841
Orcaella Gray 1866
Orcinus Fitzinger 1860
Peponocephala Nishiwaki & Norris 1966
Pseudorca Reinhardt 1862
Sotalia Gray 1866
Sousa Gray 1866
Stenella Gray 1866
Steno Gray 1846
Tursiops Gervais 1855

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Delphinus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758
Cephalorhynchus Gray 1846
Feresa Gray 1870
Globicephala Lesson 1828
Grampus Gray 1828
Lagenodelphis Fraser 1956
Lagenorhynchus Gray 1846
Lissodelphis Gloger 1841
Orcaella Gray 1866
Orcinus Fitzinger 1860
Peponocephala Nishiwaki & Norris 1966
Pseudorca Reinhardt 1862
Sotalia Gray 1866
Sousa Gray 1866
Stenella Gray 1866
Steno Gray 1846
Tursiops Gervais 1855

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Delphinus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758
Cephalorhynchus Gray 1846
Feresa Gray 1870
Globicephala Lesson 1828
Grampus Gray 1828
Lagenodelphis Fraser 1956
Lagenorhynchus Gray 1846
Lissodelphis Gloger 1841
Orcaella Gray 1866
Orcinus Fitzinger 1860
Peponocephala Nishiwaki & Norris 1966
Pseudorca Reinhardt 1862
Sotalia Gray 1866
Sousa Gray 1866
Stenella Gray 1866
Steno Gray 1846
Tursiops Gervais 1855

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Delphinidae
Delphinus (this page)
Delphinus capensis Gray 1828
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758
Cephalorhynchus
Feresa
Globicephala
Grampus
Lagenodelphis
Lagenorhynchus
Lissodelphis
Orcaella
Orcinus
Peponocephala
Pseudorca
Sotalia
Sousa
Stenella
Steno
Tursiops

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Delphinus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758
Cephalorhynchus Gray 1846
Feresa Gray 1870
Globicephala Lesson 1828
Grampus Gray 1828
Lagenodelphis Fraser 1956
Lagenorhynchus Gray 1846
Lissodelphis Gloger 1841
Orcaella Gray 1866
Orcinus Fitzinger 1860
Peponocephala Nishiwaki & Norris 1966
Pseudorca Reinhardt 1862
Sotalia Gray 1866
Sousa Gray 1866
Stenella Gray 1866
Steno Gray 1846
Tursiops Gervais 1855

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Delphinidae
Delphinus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Delphinus brevidens (Dubreuil & Gervais 1849)
Delphinus capensis Gray 1828
Delphinus cortesii (Fischer 1829)
Delphinus delannoy Van Beneden 1860
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758
Delphinus dewaeli Vanden Broeck 1874
Delphinus domeykoi Phillipi 1887
Delphinus occiduus (Leidy 1868)
Delphinus rikuzenensis Hatai et al. 1963
Delphinus wasii Vanden Broeck 1874
Eudelphinus compressus Portis 1925
Anacharsis Bogachev 1956
Arimidelphis Bianucci 2005
Astadelphis Bianucci 1996
Australodelphis Fordyce, Quilty & Daniels 2002
Cephalorhynchus Gray 1846
Eodelphinus Murakami, Shimada, Hikida & Soeda 2014
Etruridelphis Bianucci 2009
Feresa Gray 1870
Globicephala Lesson 1828
Grampus Gray 1828
Lagenodelphis Fraser 1957
Lagenorhynchus Gray 1846
Lissodelphis Gloger 1841
Orcaella Gray 1866
Orcinus Fitzinger 1860
Peponocephala Nishiwaki & Norris 1966
Platalearostrum Post & Kompanje 2010
Protoglobicephala Aguirre-Fernández, Barnes, Aranda-Manteca & Fernández-Rivera 2009
Pseudorca Reinhardt 1862
Septidelphis Bianucci 2013
Sotalia (Gray 1866)
Sousa Gray 1866
Stenella Gray 1870
Steno Gray 1846
Tursiops Gervais 1855

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Delphinus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758
Cephalorhynchus Gray 1846
Feresa Gray 1870
Globicephala Lesson 1828
Grampus Gray 1828
Lagenodelphis Fraser 1956
Lagenorhynchus Gray 1846
Lissodelphis Gloger 1841
Orcaella Gray 1866
Orcinus Fitzinger 1860
Peponocephala Nishiwaki & Norris 1966
Pseudorca Reinhardt 1862
Sotalia Gray 1866
Sousa Gray 1866
Stenella Gray 1866
Steno Gray 1846
Tursiops Gervais 1855

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Artiodactyla
Whippomorpha
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Delphinidae
Delphinus (this page)
Delphinus capensis
Delphinus delphis
Delphinus tropicalis
unclassified Delphinus
Cephalorhynchus
Feresa
Globicephala
Grampus
Lagenodelphis
Lagenorhynchus
Lissodelphis
Orcaella
Orcinus
Peponocephala
Pseudorca
Sotalia
Sousa
Stenella
Steno
Tursiops
unclassified Delphinidae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Delphinida
Delphinoidea
Delphinidae
Delphininae
Delphinus (this page)
Chaenodelphinus
Delphinapterus
Delphinorhynchus
Delphinus aduncus
Delphinus alope
Delphinus attenuatus
Delphinus blainvillei
Delphinus capensis
Delphinus coeruleoalbus
Delphinus commersonii
Delphinus cruciger
Delphinus cymodoce
Delphinus delphis
Delphinus densirostris
Delphinus doris
Delphinus dubius
Delphinus euphrosyne
Delphinus eurynome
Delphinus fitzroyi
Delphinus gangeticus
Delphinus griseus
Delphinus intermedius
Delphinus leucas
Delphinus livittatus
Delphinus major
Delphinus melas
Delphinus metis
Delphinus microps
Delphinus orca
Delphinus peronii
Delphinus phocaenoides
Delphinus phocoena
Delphinus pomeegra
Delphinus stenorhynchus
Delphinus tropicalis
Delphinus truncatus
Grampus
Phocaena
Sotalia
Steno
Tursio
Lagenodelphis
Sousa
Stenella
Tursiops

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetartiodactyla
Delphinidae
Delphinus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Cephalorhynchus
Cephalorhynchus Gray 1846
Clymenia
Delphininae Le Duc 1997
Delphinus
Feresa
Feresa Gray 1870
Globicephala
Globicephala Lesson 1828
Globicephalinae Le Duc 1997
Grampus
Grampus Gray 1828
Lagenodelphis
Lagenodelphis Fraser 1957
Lagenorhynchus
Lagenorhynchus Gray 1846
Lagenorrhynchus
Leucopleurus
Lissodelphininae Rice 1984
Lissodelphis
Lissodelphis Gloger 1841
Orca
Orcaella
Orcaella Gray 1866
Orcinus
Orcinus Fitzinger 1860
Peponocephala
Peponocephala Nishiwaki & Norris 1966
Pseudorca
Pseudorca Reinhardt 1862
Sagmatias
Sotalia
Sotalia (Gray 1866)
Sousa
Sousa Gray 1866
Stenella
Stenella Gray 1866
Steno
Steno Gray 1846
Stenoninae Le Duc 1997
Tursiops
Tursiops Gervais 1855
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