Order Cetacea
Author
James G. Mead
Author
Robert L. Brownell, Jr.
text
1993
Smithsonian Institution Press
Washington and London
Editor
Don E. Wilson
Editor
DeeAnn M. Reeder
Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)
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364
book chapter
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Orcaella brevirostris
(Gray, 1866)
.
Cat. Seals Whales Brit. Mus., p. 285
, fig. 57.
TYPE
LOCALITY:
"Inhab. East coast of
India
, the harbour of Vizagapatam" (= Vishakhapatnam Harbor, in Bay of Bengal)
.
DISTRIBUTION: SE Asia, N
Australia
and
Papua New Guinea
: tropical coastal waters and large rivers.
STATUS: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Insufficiently known.
SYNONYMS:
fluminalis
.
COMMENTS: Reviewed by Marsh et al. (1989).