Cetacea name details
Delphinus (Grampus) obscurus Gray, 1828
383863 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:383863)
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Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1828-1830). <i>Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals</i>. Treüttel, Würtz & Co. & Wood. Parts I & II: part I, 1–8, pls. 1–6 (1 July 1828); part II, 9–12, pls. 7–11 (August 1830). , available online at https://archive.org/details/b22007556/page/n3/mode/2up [details] 
Note Type locality is “Cape of Good Hope”...
Type material Type locality is “Cape of Good Hope” (South Africa) and the specimen is in the “Mus. Coll. of Surgeons.” External descriptions of animals from various life stages are given. According to Hershkovitz (1966), “stuffed skins of adults and young with skull inside, originally in the Royal College of Surgeons, London; adult with skull removed now in British Museum, no. 41.1733 (cf. Flower, 1885, List Cetacea Brit. Mus., pg. 28).” According to the British Museum (Natural History), London online database, this specimen is catalog no. 1841.1733 (accessed 21 July 2017). [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Delphinus (Grampus) obscurus Gray, 1828. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=383863 on 2025-12-25
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Gray, J. E. (1828-1830). <i>Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals</i>. Treüttel, Würtz & Co. & Wood. Parts I & II: part I, 1–8, pls. 1–6 (1 July 1828); part II, 9–12, pls. 7–11 (August 1830). , available online at https://archive.org/details/b22007556/page/n3/mode/2up [details]
taxonomy source Vollmer, N. L.; Ashe, E.; Brownell, R. L.; Cipriano, F.; Mead, J. G.; Reeves, R. R.; Soldevilla, M. S.; Williams, R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus. <em>Marine Mammal Science.</em> 35(3): 957-1057., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12573 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Vollmer, N. L.; Ashe, E.; Brownell, R. L.; Cipriano, F.; Mead, J. G.; Reeves, R. R.; Soldevilla, M. S.; Williams, R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus. <em>Marine Mammal Science.</em> 35(3): 957-1057., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12573 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type material Type locality is “Cape of Good Hope” (South Africa) and the specimen is in the “Mus. Coll. of Surgeons.” External descriptions of animals from various life stages are given. According to Hershkovitz (1966), “stuffed skins of adults and young with skull inside, originally in the Royal College of Surgeons, London; adult with skull removed now in British Museum, no. 41.1733 (cf. Flower, 1885, List Cetacea Brit. Mus., pg. 28).” According to the British Museum (Natural History), London online database, this specimen is catalog no. 1841.1733 (accessed 21 July 2017). [details]