Species Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Delphinus cruciger Quoy, [J.R.C.] & Gaimard, [J.P.] 1824. Zoologie. In, Freycinet, L.C.D. de (ed.). Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par ordre du Roi, exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris : Pillet Aîné Vol. 1 712 pp. 96 pls. [87].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Pacific Ocean, 49ºS, between Cape Horn and Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259.
• Lagenorhynchus wilsoni Lillie, D.G. 1915. 3. Cetacea. pp. 85-124 in [Eds unknown] (ed.). British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910 [under Capt. R.F. Scott]. Natural History Report. London : British Museum Vol. 1. [85].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Antarctic [between 55° and 65°S, including 55°–60°S 135°E].

  Secondary source:

   Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259 [62] (see also for synonyms based on non-Australian material)

Generic Combinations

• Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Vagrant; southern circumpolar, generally not north of 45ºS.

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Gregarious, oceanic, pelagic, predator.

General References

Bannister, J.L., Kemper, C.M. & Warneke, R.M. 1996. The Action Plan for Australian Cetaceans. Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency 242 pp.

Gazitúa, F., Gibbons, J. & Cárcamo, J. 1999. Descripción de un ejemplar de delfín cruzado, Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Delphinidae), encontrado en el Estrecho de Magallanes [A description of an hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchys cruciger (Delphinide), collected from the Magellan Strait]. Anales Instituto Patagonia 27: 73-82

Goodall, R.N.P. 1997. Review of sightings of the hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger, in the South American sector of the Anatartic and SubAntactic. Reports of the International Whaling Commission 47: 1001-1013

Goodall, R.N.P. 2002. Hourglass dolphin. pp. 583-585 in Perrin, W.F., Wursig, B. & Thewissen, J.G.M. (eds). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. San Diego : Academic Press.

Goodall, R.N.P., Baker, A.N., Best, B.P., Meyer, M. & Miyazaki, N. 1997. On the biology of the hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824). Reports of the International Whaling Commission 47: 985-999

Leatherwood, S. & Reeves, R.R. 1983. The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins. San Francisco : Sierra Club Books xviii 302 pp.

Watson, L. 1981. Sea Guide to Whales of the World. London : Hutchinson 302 pp.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Hourglass Dolphin)

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