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Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus truncatus
Also known as: Common Bottlenose Dolphin β’ Black Sea bottlenose dolphin β’ Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphin
Kingdom: Metazoaβ’ Family: Delphinidaeβ’ Order: Artiodactyla
A dolphin is any one of the 40 extant species of aquatic mammal from the cetacean families Delphinidae, Platanistidae, Iniidae, Pontoporiidae, and the probably extinct Lipotidae. All these families belong to the parvorder Odontoceti, i.e., toothed whales, which also include the closely related families Monodontidae and Phocoenidae (porpoises), as well as the more distant families Physeteroidea and Ziphiidae.
Quick Facts
Common Names:
Dolphin, Common Bottlenose Dolphin, Black Sea bottlenose dolphin, Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphin
Class:
Mammalia
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Distribution Statistics
10
Observations
9
Countries
Top Locations
Chile
1
Santa Barbara County, US-CA, US
1
Gulf Shores, AL, USA
1
Guayas, EC
1
77th Ave N, Saint Petersburg, FL, US
1
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First: 6/18/2010 Β· Latest: 2/22/2024
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