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D[elphinus] chinensis, Gray, 1850, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus., Cetacea, p. 

 132 [listed]. 



Steno chinensis, Gray, 1871, Suppl. Cat. seals and whales Brit. Mus., p. 65 

 [classification] . 



Sotalia chinensis, G. M. Allen, 1938, Mammals of China and Mongolia, 

 1: 499 [N. Pacific: China (Amoy Harbor; Quemoy; Yangtze River 

 to Hankow)]. — Hershkovitz, 1961, Fieldiana, Zool., 39: 553 [nomen- 

 clature]. 



Delphinus sinensis Desmarest, 1822, Mammalogie, p. 514 [characters ex 

 Osbeck]. — Cuvier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Cetaces, p. 213 [China (Canton 

 River); characters ex Osbeck]. — Flower, 1870, Trans. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 7:151, pi. 17, fig. 2 (skull) [species inquirendum]. 



Sotalia sinensis, True, 1889, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 36:153, pi. 1, fig. 3 

 (skull) [N. Pacific: China (Amoy Harbor; Canton River; Fuchow 

 River)]. 



[Sotalia sinensis], Harrison, 1960, Malaya Nat. Journ., 14: 89 [N. Pacific: 

 Sarawak] . 



Type: None preserved; original description based on live animals 

 observed in habitat. 



Type locality: Canton River. 



Distribution: China seas, from Sarawak north along the Chinese coast 

 and into the Canton and Fuchow Rivers, and 750 miles up the Yangtze, 

 at least as far as Hankow. 



Sotalia borneensis Lydekker 



Sotalia borneensis Lydekker, 1901, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1901: 88, 

 pi. 8 (animal), fig. 11 (skull). — Gibson Hill, 1949, Malayan and Nature 

 Journ., 4: 58 ["Sarawak to Siam"]; 1950, Sarawak Mus. Journ., 

 5: 294 [S. Pacific: Sarawak]. 



Sousa borneensis, Fraser and Purves, 1960, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), 

 Zool., 7: pi. 25 (skull) [auditory system]. 



Type: Skeleton, British Museum (Natural History) captured Sept. 11, 

 1900, and purchased from E. Hose. 

 Type locality: Sipang, mouth of Sarawak River, Sarawak, Malaysia. 

 Distribution : South China Sea from Sarawak to Gulf of Thailand. 



Sotalia lentiginosa Gray 



Steno [(Sousa)] lentiginosus, Gray, 1866, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1866: 

 213 [name and description from Owen, 1866, unpublished (see below)]. 



Delphinus (Steno?) lentiginosus Owen, 1866, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 6: 

 20, pi. 5, figs. 2, 3 (animal) [description of type]. 



S[otalia] lentiginosus, Flower, 1884, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1883: 489, 

 513 [characters; classification]. 



