Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Odontoceti > Family Delphinidae > Genus Grampus

Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Grampus*	Gray, 1828	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Afrikaans: Risso-dolfyn

Bokmål (Norwegian): arrdelfin; rissodelfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Catalan: cap d'olla gris

Danish: halvrgindehvaler; rissosdelfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: dolfijn van Risso; gramper; grijze dolfijn

English: gray grampus; grey dolphin; Risso's dolphin; Risso's grampus; white-headed grampus sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Risso's Dolphin sources: Charles Hussey

Euskera: marzupla

French: dauphin de Cuvier; dauphin de Risso; marsouin gris

German: gestreifter Delfin; gestreifter Delphin; Rundkopfdelfin; Rundkopfdelphin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: stachtodélfino; Σταχτοδέλφινο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Indonesian: lumba-lumba abu-abu; temu bura

Israel (Hebrew): גרמפוס; גרמפוס אפור sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: delfino de Risso; delfino di Risso ; grampo; grampo grigio sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: hana gondo kujira; kamabire sakamata; mazuba iruka; sakamata kujira; shiro-shachi

Korean: keunmeori-dolgorae

Lithuanian: pilkasis delfinas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Malagasi: lambondriaka mavomavo; lambondriaka volombatolalaka

Norwegian: arrdelfin; rissodelfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: arrdelfin; rissodelfin sources: Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 19:13

Norwegian Nynorsk: arrdelfin; rissodelfin sources: Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 19:13

Nynorsk (Norwegian): arrdelfin; rissodelfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: risso szary sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: golfinho cinzento; golfinho de Risso; grampo

Russian: seryy delfin; серый дельфин sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: okrogloglavi delfin sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: calderón gris; delfín de Risso; delfín gris; fabo calderon; grampo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: rissos delfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: boz yunus; yuvarlak basli yunus; yuvarlak başlı yunus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Дельфін сірий ; Сірий дельфін sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: chyw dolffin Risso; dolffin Risso

Literature

original description	Cuvier,[G.]. (1812). Rapport fait à la classe des Sciences mathématiques et physiques, sur divers Cétacés pris sur les côtes de France, pricipalement sur ceux qui sont échoués près de Paimpol, le 7 janvier 1812. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle [Paris] 19:13—14, pl. 1 (upper figure).
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
additional source	Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 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.
additional source	Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4.
additional source	Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (232 nucleotides; 200 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812). In: Perrin, W.F. (2014) World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137098