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The bottlenose dolphin is a toothed whale in the genus Tursiops.They are common, cosmopolitan members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. [3] Molecular studies show the genus contains three species: the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), and Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops erebennus).
Description. Common bottlenose dolphins have a grey coloring, a short beak, a single blowhole, and a hooked dorsal fin. [13] The bottlenose is between 2 and 4 m (6.6 and 13.1 ft) long, and weigh between 150 and 650 kg (330 and 1,430 lb). [14] Males are generally larger and heavier than females.
The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) is a species of bottlenose dolphin. This dolphin grows to 2.6 m (8.5 ft) long, and weighs up to 230 kg (510 lb). [4] It lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China, the Red Sea, and the eastern coast of Africa. [4] Its back is dark grey and its belly is lighter grey or ...
August 25, 2023 at 9:06 AM. Scientists determined that bottlenose dolphins found close to the shore off South Carolina and much of the east coast are a different species than those living in ...
A common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the clade Odontoceti (toothed whale).Dolphins belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (the brackish dolphins), and possibly extinct Lipotidae (baiji or Chinese river dolphin).
January 5, 2023 at 9:00 AM. JASON LEE. Bottlenose dolphins may be Myrtle Beach’s most popular residents. Visitors to Grand Strand beaches can often see these marine mammals cruising through the ...
Tursiops erebennus. Cope, 1865. Synonyms. Tursiops tursio erebennus Trouessart, 1904. Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops erebennus) is a species of bottlenose dolphin that inhabits coastal waters in the eastern United States. This species was previously considered a nearshore variant of the common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus.
Common dolphins and bottlenose dolphins have been known to interbreed in captivity. There is one confirmed case of a hybrid between a bottlenose and common dolphin in southern Spain, an important feeding ground for both species. The mother was a female bottlenose dolphin (dubbed Billie) who had spent 10 years in a common dolphin pod.