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Lipotes vexillifer Miller, 1918

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Miller, G. S., Jr. (1918). A new river dolphin from China. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 68(9):1--12, 13 pl.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Lipotidae
genus
Lipotes
species
Lipotes vexillifer

Name

Homonyms
Lipotes vexillifer Miller, 1918
Common names
Asiatisk floddelfin in Swedish
Baiji in English
Baiji in English
Baiji in English
Baiji in language.
Baiji in English
Baiji in English
Baiji in English
Baijidelfin in Norwegian Bokmål
Beiji in German
Changjiang Dolphin in English
Changjiang Dolphin in English
Chinese Lake Dolphin in English
Chinese River Dolphin in English
Chinese Vlagdolfijn in Dutch
Chinese lake dolphin in English
Chinese river dolphin in English
Chinese river dolphin in English
Chinese river dolphin in English
Chinese river dolphin in English
Chinesische Flussdelphin in German
Chinesischer Flussdelfin in German
Chinesischer Flußdelphin in German
Chinesischer Flußdelphin in German
Dauphin de Chine in French
Delfin del Yangtsé in language.
Delfino dello Yangtze in Italian
Delfín De China in Spanish
Delfín de Río Chino in Spanish
Goddess of the Yangtze in English
Hvitflaggdelfin in Norwegian Bokmål
Jangtse-Delfin in German
Jangtse-Delfin in German
Jangtse-Flussdelfin in German
Kinesisk Elvedelfin in Norwegian Bokmål
Kínai folyamidelfin in Hungarian
Lipote in Italian
White Flag Dolphin in English
White-flag Dolphin in English
White-flag Dolphin in English
White-flag Dolphin in English
Whitefin Dolphin in English
Whitefin Dolphin in English
Yangtse River Dolphin in English
Yangtse-Delfin in German
Yangtze River Dolphin in English
Yangtze River Dolphin in English
Yangtze River Dolphin in English
Yangtze River Dolphin in English
Yousuko-kawa-iruka in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Brownell, R. L., Jr. and E. S. Herald. (1972). Lipotes vexillifer. Mammalian Species 10:1--4.
  2. Brownell, Robert L. Jr., and Earl S. Herald, 1972: Lipotes vexillifer. Mammalian Species, no. 10. 1-4.
  3. Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259. 10.5479/si.03629236.246
  4. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  5. Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
  6. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  7. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  8. Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743.
  9. Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743.
  10. Miller, G. S., Jr. (1918). A new river dolphin from China. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 68(9):1--12, 13 pl.
  11. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
  12. Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4.
  13. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  14. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  15. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  16. Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
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