BOTTLENOSEDOLPHIN

Bottlenose dolphin

Bottlenose dolphins, the genus Tursiops, are the most common and well-known members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphin. Recent molecular studies show the genus contains two species, the common bottlenose dolphin and the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, instead of one. Research in 2011 revealed a third species, the Burrunan dolphin . Bottlenose dolphins inhabit warm and temperate seas worldwide.

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bottlenose dolphin

Noun

  1. One of two species of gray dolphin between 2 and 4 meters in length inhabiting warm and temperate seas worldwide.
  2. A member of the genus Tursiops, thought to consist of three species.


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