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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Mammalia (class) » Cetartiodactyla (order) » Delphinidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 41 116022 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Tursiops australis Charlton-Robb, Gershwin, Thompson, Austin, Owen & McKechnie, 2011 |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | Formerly considered within T. maugeanus (latter currently a synonym of T. truncatus), but described as a distinct species by Charlton-Robb et al., 2011; known only from SE and S Australian coastal waters. | ||||
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Record source and Scientific Name verified against: | Charlton-Robb, K., Gershwin, L.-A., Thompson, R., Austin, J., Owen, K., McKechnie, S., 2011. A new dolphin species, the burrunan dolphin Tursiops australis sp. nov., endemic to Southern Australian coastal waters, PLos One. |