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
English: common 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
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN612621
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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#records (spatial)136
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets5
Year1975 - 1997
Latitude32.33 - 37.69
Longitude-123.23 - -117.27
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