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    Occurrence 1959

    Delphinus delphis

    United States of AmericaCalifornia
    Type

    Record

    Dataset
    NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US)
    Basis of record
    Human observation

    Taxon

    Scientific name
    Delphinus delphis
    Higher classification
    Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinidae
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Chordata
    Class
    Mammalia
    Order
    Cetacea
    Family
    Delphinidae
    Genus
    Delphinus
    Specific epithet
    delphis
    Scientific name authorship
    (Linnaeus)
    GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

    Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758

    KingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataClassMammaliaOrderCetaceaFamilyDelphinidaeGenusDelphinusSpeciesDelphinus delphis
    Catalogue of Life

    Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758

    DomainEukaryotaKingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataSubphylumVertebrataInfraphylumGnathostomataParvphylumOsteichthyesMegaclassTetrapodaClassMammaliaSubclassTheriaInfraclassEutheriaOrderCetaceaSuborderOdontocetiFamilyDelphinidaeGenusDelphinusSpeciesDelphinus delphis
    Type status
    • Type

    Location

    Higher geography
    • North America, North Pacific Ocean, Catalina Channel, United States, California
    Country or area
    United States of America
    Inferred
    Water body
    North Pacific Ocean, Catalina Channel
    State province
    California
    Locality
    Catalina Channel
    Geodetic datum
    WGS84
    Inferred

    Occurrence

    Occurrence ID
    Catalogue number
    USNM STR14455
    Individual count
    1
    Sex
    Indeterminate
    Occurrence status
    Present
    Occurrence status inferred from individual countInferred
    Event date
    1959
    Verbatim event date
    -- -- ----

    Other

    Record licence
    CC0 1.0
    Inferred
    Institution code
    USNM
    Institution ID
    urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871
    Collection code
    MAMM
    Collection ID
    urn:uuid:59e56a59-8615-4e0c-841d-eb88f3876b22
    Dataset name
    • NMNH Extant Biology
    Identifier
    Modified
    2017-12-08T15:38
    Altered
    2017-12-08 15:38:00
    original
    GBIF ID
    1317841991

    Citation

    Please use this citation in publications
    Orrell T, Informatics and Data Science Center - Digital Stewardship (2025). NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US). Version 1.97. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hnhrg3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-30. https://gbif.org/occurrence/1317841991
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    Dataset
    NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US)
    Publisher
    National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
    Last crawled
    2025-08-27T00:24:36.320