Grampus griseus

Grampus
Classis : Mammalia 
Ordo : Artiodactyla 
Infraordo : Cetacea 
Parvordo : Odontoceti 
Superfamilia : Delphinoidea 
Familia : Delphinidae 
Genus : Grampus 
Species : G. griseus 
Grampus griseus 
Cuvier, 1812  
Conservationis status
LC

Territorium
Distributio Grampi grisei (spatia caerulea)

Grampus griseus[2] est species cetaceorum familiae Delphinidarum, sola species generis Grampi. Inter animalia artissime conecta sunt Globicephala, Feresa attenuata, Peponocephala electra, et Pseudorca crassidens.[3]

Descriptio

Adulti plerumque sunt 3 metra longi, sed nonnulli usque ad 4 metra longi inventi sunt.[4] Plurimis delphinidis similes, mares feminis aliquantulum maiores sunt. Adulti a 300 ad 500 kg ponderis sunt, ut species maxima inter delphinidas sit.[5][6]

Notae

  1. ↑ Taylor, B. L.; Baird, R.; Barlow, J.; Dawson, S. M.; Ford, J.; Mead, J. G.; Notarbartolo di Sciara, G.; Wade, P. et al (2012). "Grampus griseus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2012: e.T9461A17386190 .
  2. ↑ Vulgo delphinus Risso appellatus, ex Antonio Risso, cuius descriptio privata erat fundamenta primae descriptionis scientificae, a Georgio Cuvier anno 1823 divulgatae.
  3. ↑ Baird 2008: 975–76.
  4. ↑ "Grampus," Encyclopaedia Britannica.
  5. ↑ American Cetacean Society Fact Sheet – Risso's Dolphin Formula:Webarchive.
  6. ↑ Risso's Dolphin. Whale Web.

Bibliographia

  • Baird, Robin. 2008. Grampus. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. 2a. Academic Press. ISBN 9780123735539.
  • Jefferson, Thomas A., Marc A. Webber, et Robert L. Pitman. 2015. Marine mammals of the world: a comprehensive guide to their identification. Illust. Uko Gorter. Ed. 2a. Londinii et Didacopoli Californiae: Elsevier / Academic Press. ISBN 9780124095427, ISBN 0124095429 (liber electronicus).