Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative spelling: Lagenorhynchus (Leucopleurus)

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1866. Notes on the skulls of dolphins, or bottlnose whales, in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866:211-216

Parent taxon: Delphinidae according to J. H. Geisler et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Anacharsis, Australodelphis, Catodontina, Delphininae, Etruridelphis, Globicephalinae, Lagenorhynchina, Lagenorhynchus, Lissodelphininae, Monoceratina, Orcaella, Orcaellinae, Orcina, Orcininae, Orcinus, Septidelphis, Steno, Stenonina, Stenoninae

Subtaxa: Leucopleurus acutus

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Type: Leucopleurus arcticus

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore