Black sea bottlenose dolphin - Tursiops truncatus ponticus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Tursiops truncatus ponticus
Author Barabash-Nikiforov, 1940
Taxonomic Rank Subspecies
Taxonomic # 555666
Common Names English: Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphin
Current Standing valid
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)

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ITIS TSN555666
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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#records (spatial)1,960
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets15
Year1989 - 2023
Latitude41.98 - 47.04
Longitude27.48 - 39.57
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