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  2. Dolphin - Wikipedia

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    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).

  3. Common dolphin - Wikipedia

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    The common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with a global population of about six million. [3] Despite this fact and its vernacular name, the common dolphin is not thought of as the archetypal dolphin, with that distinction belonging to the bottlenose dolphin due to its popular appearances in aquaria and the media.

  4. Pacific white-sided dolphin - Wikipedia

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    The species is an average-sized oceanic dolphin. Females weigh up to 150 kg (330 lb) and males 200 kg (440 lb) with males reaching 2.5 m (8.2 ft) and females 2.3 m (7.5 ft) in length. Pacific white-sided dolphins usually tend to be larger than dusky dolphins. Females reach maturity at seven years.

  5. List of cetaceans - Wikipedia

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    The La Plata dolphin is the only species of the family Pontoporiidae and genus Pontoporia. These dolphins are known for their long beak in relation to their relatively small body size. They have a small geographic range and are mainly found in the waters along the east coast of South America.

  6. Oceanic dolphin - Wikipedia

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    Oceanic dolphins or Delphinidae are a widely distributed family of dolphins that live in the sea.Close to forty extant species are recognised. They include several big species whose common names contain "whale" rather than "dolphin", such as the Globicephalinae (round-headed whales, which include the false killer whale and pilot whale).

  7. New dolphin species discovered along SC coast, study shows ...

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    A drawing of the offshore bottlenose dolphin (top) and the new coastal species (bottom). From Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network on Facebook.

  8. Bottlenose dolphin - Wikipedia

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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).

  9. Ancient Freshwater Dolphin Species Just Found in the Peruvian ...

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    There are some incredible animals that roamed the earth and its oceans millions of years ago, and an ancient freshwater dolphin species was just discovered in the Peruvian Amazon. The Weather ...