Species profile—Tursiops aduncus (Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Delphinidae (dolphins) → Tursiops aduncus (Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Delphinidae (dolphins)
- Scientific name
- Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1833)
- Common name
- Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
- WildNet taxon ID
- 22372
- Synonym(s)
- Tursiops truncatus aduncus
Delphinus catalania
Delphinus aduncus - Alternate name(s)
- spotted bottlenose dolphin
inshore bottlenose dolphin
Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin
long-beaked bottle-nosed dolphin - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
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=22372.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
