Common Bottlenose Dolphin

Common Bottlenose Dolphin
	Common Bottlenose Dolphin breaching in the bow wave of a boat
	Size compared to an average human
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Parvorder:	Odontoceti
Family:	Delphinidae
Genus:	Tursiops
Species:	T. truncatus
Binomial name
	Tursiops truncatus; (Montagu, 1821)
	Range of T. truncatus

Other names[]

Also known as the Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin or simply as the Bottlenose Dolphin.

Description[]

Similar species[]

Behaviour[]

Diet[]

Calls[]

Reproduction[]

Distribution/habitat[]

References[]

^ Hammond, P.S., Bearzi, G., Bjørge, A., Forney, K., Karczmarski, L., Kasuya, T., Perrin, W.F., Scott, M.D., Wang, J.Y., Wells, R.S. & Wilson, B. (2008). Tursiops truncatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 October 2008.

External links[]

Projects

This article is part of Project Mammalia, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each mammal, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Cetartiodactyla, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Cetartiodactyl, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Delphinidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each oceanic dolphin, including made-up species.

[iucn-1] Hammond, P.S., Bearzi, G., Bjørge, A., Forney, K., Karczmarski, L., Kasuya, T., Perrin, W.F., Scott, M.D., Wang, J.Y., Wells, R.S. & Wilson, B. (2008). Tursiops truncatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 October 2008.

[1]