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Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Bottle-nosed Dolphin; Bottlenosed dolphin; Delphinus truncatus; Common bottlenose dolphin

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Higher taxa:  Life   Vertebrata   Mammalia   Delphinidae   Tursiops   Global map IDnature guides: Mammalia, Mammalia_species, Marine_Mammals We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. North American Mammals, Smithsonian Institution Boris Culik, Kiel, Germany, 2003 Taiwan Biodiversity National Information Network CalPhotos

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Cetacea · Delphinidae · Tursiops truncatus    Smithsonian Institution    Copyright Notice    Privacy Notice   Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin Order: Cetacea Family: Delphinidae      QTVR Animation 126kb Turisops truncatus - inset shows high leaps Click to enlarge. (52 kb) Bottlenose dolphins have widely spaced eyes, relatively long flippers, a rounded forehead (called a melon ), a relatively short, broad snout, and a mouth that seems permanently twisted into a grin. Inside the mouth are as many as 100 teeth. Highly social, bottlenose dolphins often swim in groups of several hundred individuals, and are famous for racing alongside watercraft. Some stay in coastal waters and others swim offshore. In the Atlantic, the coastal dolphins feed mostly on sea trout, croakers, and spot. The offshore population follows the Gulf Stream and feeds on deep-water fish and squid. Three different populations have been identified in the North Pacific: a temperate-water group, a tropical-water group, and a coastal group. Also known as: Gill's Bottlenose Dolphin, Grand Souffleur, Oudre, Souffleur, Tursion Length: Range: 2.6-3.4 m Weight: Range: 200 kg References: Montagu 1821.  Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society , 3:75, pl. 3. Links: Mammal Species of the World Click to enlarge. (49kb)   Bones and Teeth Top view (dorsal) of right forelimb, including humerus, on the left, forearm bones, wrist and digit. Click to enlarge. (9kb)     English · Español

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Kingdom Animalia    Phylum Chordata    Class Mammalia    Order Cetacea    Family Delphinidae    Genus Tursiops     Tursiops truncatus    Montagu, 1821  Provider: Ming-Chi Wang  Citation: Rice, 1998  Name Code: 380547   DD  IUCN Red List      Taiwan Wildlife Conservation Act- Endangered     Suggested Link    Discover Life    World Register of Marine Species   User Response:

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CalPhotos     Photo Database   Number of matches : 16 Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and taxon like "Tursiops truncatus%" and (lifeform != "specimen_tag" OR lifeform != "Animal") ORDER BY taxon Click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement Tursiops truncatus Bottle-nose Dolphin ID: 0091 3183 0918 0050 [detail] John H. Tashjian © 2001 California Academy of Sciences UCMP specimen card ID: 2222 0904 0037 0048 [detail] © University of California Museum of Paleontology Tursiops truncatus Bottle-nosed Dolphin ID: 6666 6666 1007 0022 [detail] Gerald and Buff Corsi © 2007 California Academy of Sciences Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin ID: 0000 0000 0308 0313 [detail] © 2008 Dave Mangham/www.wildlifephotos.org.uk Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin ID: 0000 0000 0308 0314 [detail] © 2008 Dave Mangham/www.wildlifephotos.org.uk Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin ID: 0000 0000 0907 0913 [detail] © 2007 Joseph Dougherty, M.D./ecology.org Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin ID: 0000 0000 0907 0906 [detail] © 2007 Joseph Dougherty, M.D./ecology.org Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin ID: 0000 0000 0907 0907 [detail] © 2007 Joseph Dougherty, M.D./ecology.org Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin ID: 0000 0000 0907 0908 [detail] © 2007 Joseph Dougherty, M.D./ecology.org Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin ID: 0000 0000 0907 0909 [detail] © 2007 Joseph Dougherty, M.D./ecology.org Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin ID: 0000 0000 0907 0910 [detail] © 2007 Joseph Dougherty, M.D./ecology.org Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin ID: 0000 0000 0907 0911 [detail] © 2007 Joseph Dougherty, M.D./ecology.org Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin ID: 0000 0000 0907 0912 [detail] © 2007 Joseph Dougherty, M.D./ecology.org Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin ID: 0000 0000 1207 1693 [detail] © 2007 Dave Mangham/www.wildlifephotos.org.uk Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin ID: 0000 0000 1207 1730 [detail] © 2007 Dave Mangham/www.wildlifephotos.org.uk Tursiops truncatus Bottle-nosed dolphin ID: 6666 6666 0108 7322 [detail] Gerald and Buff Corsi © 2008 California Academy of Sciences Using these photos: A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please follow the usage guidelines provided with each image. Use and copyright information, as well as other details about the photo such as the date and the location, are available by clicking on the [detail] link under the thumbnail. See also: Using the Photos in CalPhotos .    Copyright © 1995-2010 UC Regents. All rights reserved. CalPhotos is a project of BSCIT     University of California, Berkeley