Bottlenose Dolphin - Tursiops truncatus truncatus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Tursiops truncatus truncatus
Author (Montagu, 1821)
Taxonomic Rank Subspecies
Taxonomic # 612621
Common Names English: Bottlenose Dolphin
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Mammalia
        Subclass: Theria
          Infraclass: Eutheria
            Order: Cetacea
              Suborder: Odontoceti
                Family: Delphinidae
                  Genus: Tursiops
                    Species: Tursiops truncatus
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Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#612621
Status-
#records136
#datasets5
Years1975 - 1997
Latitudes32.33 - 37.69
Longitudes-123.23 - -117.27