Common bottlenose dolphin breaching surfing a boat wake, a frequently seen activity in high traffic areas
Size compared to an average human
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Infraorder:
Cetacea
Family:
Delphinidae
Genus:
Tursiops
Species:
T. truncatus
Binomial name
Tursiops truncatus
(Montagu, 1821)
Subspecies[4]
T. t. truncatus
T. t. ponticus
T. t. gephyreus
T. t. nuuanu
Common bottlenose dolphin range (in blue)
Synonyms
Delphinus tursio Gunnerus, 1768
Tursiops tursio Bonnaterre, 1789
Delphinus nesarnack Lacépède, 1804
Delphinus truncatus Montagu, 1821
Phocoena compressicauda Lesson, 1828
Delphinus catalania Gray, 1844
Tursiops communis Fitzing, 1846
Delphinus compressicauda Gray, 1846
Delphinus cymodoce Gray, 1846
Delphinus eurynome Gray, 1846
Delphinus metis Gray, 1846
Tursiops eurynome Gray, 1846
Delphinus erebennus Cope, 1865
Tursio catalania Gray, 1866
Tursio cymodoce Gray, 1866
Tursio eurynome Gray, 1866
Tursio metis Gray, 1866
Tursio truncatus Gray, 1866
Tursio compressicauda Gray, 1866
Tursiops parvimanus Van Beneden, 1886
Tursiops coerulescens Giglioli, 1889
Tursiops compressicauda Trouessart, 1898
Tursiops gephyreus Lahille, 1908
Tursiops dawsoni Lydekker, 1909
Tursiops nuuanu Andrews, 1911
Tursiops maugeanus Iredale & Troughton, 1934
Tursiops ponticus Barabash-Nikiforov, 1940
The common bottlenose dolphin or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is one of three species of bottlenose dolphin in the genus Tursiops. The common bottlenose dolphin is a very familiar dolphin due to the wide exposure it receives in captivity in marine parks and dolphinariums, and in movies and television programs.[5] Spending their entire life in water, common bottlenose dolphins inhabit temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world,[6] absent only from polar waters.[5][7][8][9][10] While formerly known simply as the bottlenose dolphin, this term is now applied to the genus Tursiops as a whole.[1][11][12] As considerable genetic variation has been described within this species, even between neighboring populations, many experts think additional species may be recognized.[13][11]
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^Wells, R.S.; Natoli, A.; Braulik, G. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Tursiops truncatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22563A156932432. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T22563A156932432.en. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
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^ abLeatherwood, S., & Reeves, R. (1990). The Bottlenose Dolphin. San Diego: Academic Press, Inc., ISBN 0-12-440280-1
^Wilson, Ben; Hammond, Philip S.; Thompson, Paul M. (February 1999). "Estimating Size and Assessing Trends in a Coastal Bottlenose Dolphin Population". Ecological Applications. 9 (1): 288–300. doi:10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0288:esaati]2.0.co;2. ISSN 1051-0761.
^Jenkins, J. (2009) Tursiops truncatus. Animal Diversity Web.
^Anonymous (2002). "Bottlenose Dolphin". Seaworld.org. Archived from the original on January 7, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
^Wells, R.S.; Natoli, A.; Braulik, G. (2019). "Tursiops truncatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22563A50377908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T22563A50377908.en.
^Klinowska, M. (1991). Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland, Switzerland, U.K.: IUCN, ISBN 2880329361
^ abShirihai, H.; Jarrett, B. (2006). Whales Dolphins and Other Marine Mammals of the World. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. pp. 155–158. ISBN 978-0-691-12757-6.
^Reeves, R.; Stewart, B.; Clapham, P.; Powell, J. (2002). National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. New York: A.A. Knopf. pp. 362–365. ISBN 978-0-375-41141-0.
^Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Tursiops truncatus". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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