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Species profile—Tursiops truncatus (offshore bottlenose dolphin)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Delphinidae (dolphins) → Tursiops truncatus (offshore bottlenose dolphin)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Delphinidae (dolphins)
Scientific name
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Common name
offshore bottlenose dolphin
WildNet taxon ID
1024
Synonym(s)
Tursiops maugeanus
Tursiops nuuanu
Tursiops gilli
Tursiops gephyreus
Alternate name(s)
bottlenose dolphin
bottlenosed dolphin
common bottlenose dolphin
bottle-nosed dolphin
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1024

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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