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Spinner dolphin
Order : Cetacea
Suborder : Odontoceti
Family : Delphinidae
Species : Stenella longirostris
The Long-beaked dolphin, long-snouted dolphin, spinner dolphin is listed as Conservation Dependent (LR/cd), the focus of a continuing taxon-specific or habitat-specific conservation programme targeted towards the taxon in question, the cessation of which would result in the taxon qualifying for one of the threatened categories below within a period of five years, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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A young / baby of a spinner dolphin is called a 'calf or pup'. The females are called 'cow' and males 'bull'. A spinner dolphin group is called a 'team, school, pod, herd, alliance (male) or party (female)'.Countries
American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, North, Korea, South, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, TimorLeste, Tokelau, Tonga, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna and Yemen
Facts about the spinner dolphin
The Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. (Full text)
[edit] Taxonomy The Spinner Dolphin is sometimes referred to as the Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin, particularly in older texts, to distinguish it from the similar Clymene Dolphin which is often called the Short-snouted Spinner Dolphin. (Full text)
Taxonomy The Spinner Dolphin is sometimes referred to as the Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin, particularly in older texts, to distinguish it from the similar Clymene Dolphin which is often called the Short-snouted Spinner Dolphin. (Full text)
DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION Spinner dolphins are found only in Hawaii. (Full text)
Description: The Spinner Dolphin is a slender creature with a long, thin beak to which the distinct forehead slopes gently. (Full text)
Spinner Dolphins are dramatically acrobatic, with somersaults, high spinning leaps and other aerial movements popular. (Full text)
Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) Spinner Dolphin range The Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. (Full text)
A more detailed taxonomical classification of the Short-snouted Spinner Dolphin is given at the bottom. (Full text)
LONG-SNOUTED SPINNER DOLPHIN The Long-snouted Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is also known as the Long-beaked dolphin, Longsnout, and Rollover. (Full text)
Spinner Dolphin Spinner Dolphin :Animalia :Chordata :Mammalia :Eutheria :Cetacea :Odontoceti :Delphinidae :Stenella :longirostris Binomial name Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) The Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. (Full text)
Spinner Dolphin Postcard 50 Pack Product Code: Z043Price: Check LatestDescription on back of postcard reads The spinner dolphin is one of the most playful marine mammals in Hawaiian waters They will often follow a boat and play at the bow and in it's wake. (Full text)
So called for their high, spinning leaps, spinner dolphins are known as playful, eager bow-riders throughout much of their range. (Full text)
World Range & HabitatThe Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris, is found all over the world. (Full text)
Spinner dolphins are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, where they are restricted to tropical, subtropical and less often warm, temperate regions. (Full text)
The name Long-snouted spinner dolphin is now obsolete (Prof. (Full text)
So called for their high, spinning leaps, spinner dolphins are known as playful, eager bow-riders throughout much of their range. (Full text)
Spinner dolphins are not altogether common to this area, but recently Green Reef received a report from a fisherman who observed a pod of six or more dolphins swimming outside of the reef. (Full text)
Spinner dolphins are seen most frequently around Hawaii, Mexico, and Japan. (Full text)
Spinner Dolphin is one of the hardest hit populations of wild dolphins by the fishing industry, senselessly killed and thrown overboard as incidental take. (Full text)
HUMAN INFLUENCES: The major threat to the spinner dolphin is the large catches over many years in the eastern tropical Pacific tuna fishery Small cetacean fisheries elsewhere in the range are known to take at least some spinner dolphins, for example in the Solomon Islands, Japan and St. (Full text)
Stenella Species: longirostris Binomial name Stenella longirostris The Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the . (Full text)
Subclass: Eutheria Order: Cetacea Suborder: Odontoceti Family: Delphinidae Genus: Stenella Species: longirostris Binomial name Stenella longirostris The Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is a small dolphin found in off . (Full text)
Spinner Dolphins are nocturnal predators, feeding in the deep waters of the open ocean at night. (Full text)
Spinner Dolphin Spinner Dolphin in the news Spinner Dolphin :Animalia :Chordata :Mammalia :Eutheria :Cetacea :Odontoceti :Delphinidae :Stenella :longirostris Binomial name Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) Spinner Dolphin range The Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. (Full text)
1. spinner, spinster, thread maker -- (someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads))spinner
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2. spinner -- (fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water)
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