Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Category: Oceanic Dolphins
Scientific Name: Tursiops truncatus
Size: 5 to 12 ft.  
Distribution: Warm and temperate seas worldwide
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Tetrapoda (Megaclass) Tetrapod
  └Mammalia (Class) Mammals
   └Cetartiodactyla (Order)
    └Cetacea (Infraorder) Cetaceans
     └Odontoceti (Superfamily) Toothed Whales
      └Delphinidae (Family) Oceanic Dolphins
       └Tursiops (Genus)
        └T. truncatus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 137111🔗
iNaturalist ID: 41482🔗

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