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Sousa sahulensis  Jefferson and Rosenbaum, 2014
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1116954

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Sahul dolphin [English]
  
    Australian humpback dolphin [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCetacea Brisson, 1762 – baleines, cétacés, dauphins, mammfères marins, marsouins, baleia, cetáceo, golfinho, cetaceans, whales, dolphins, marine mammals, porpoises  
                                  SuborderOdontoceti Flower, 1867 – toothed whales  
                                     FamilyDelphinidae Gray, 1821 – dolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, marine dolphins  
                                        GenusSousa Gray, 1866 – humpbacked dolphins  
                                           SpeciesSousa sahulensis Jefferson and Rosenbaum, 2014 – Sahul dolphin, Australian humpback dolphin  
       

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  Source: List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies, website (version Aug 2018)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Committee on Taxonomy. 2018. List of marine mammal species and subspecies. Society for Marine Mammalogy, www.marinemammalscience.org, consulted on 16 April 2019   
  Reference for: Sousa sahulensis, Australian humpback dolphin [English], Sahul dolphin [English]   
       
  Source: List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies (2023), website (version Nov 2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Committee on Taxonomy. 2023. List of marine mammal species and subspecies. Society for Marine Mammalogy, www.marinemammalscience.org, consulted on 13 Nov 2023   
  Reference for: Sousa sahulensis, Australian humpback dolphin [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Jefferson, Thomas A., and Howard C. Rosenbaum  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Taxonomic revision of the humpback dolphins (Sousa spp.), and description of a new species from Australia   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Marine Mammal Science, vol. 30, no. 4   
  Page(s): 1494-1541   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1748-7692   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/mms.12152   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): xxxi + 1157   
  Publisher: Elsevier   
  Publication Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-12-8043271   
  Notes: Species and classification provided on pages xxix-xxxi   
  Reference for: Sousa sahulensis, Australian humpback dolphin [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Indo-West Pacific  
    Australia  
       
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