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Some facts about the
Bottlenosed dolphin
Adult weight : 200 kg (440 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 52 years
Female maturity :2831 days
Male maturity : 3689 days
Gestation : 365 days
Weaning : 548 days
Litter size : 1
Litters per year : 1
Interval between litters : 858 days
Weight at birth : 19.35 kg (42.57 lbs)
Bottlenosed dolphin
Order : Cetacea
Suborder : Odontoceti
Family : Delphinidae
Species : Tursiops truncatus
The Bottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, bottlenosed dolphin is listed as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the bottlenosed dolphin
A young / baby of a bottlenosed dolphin is called a 'calf or pup'. The females are called 'cow' and males 'bull'. A bottlenosed dolphin group is called a 'team, school, pod, herd, alliance (male) or party (female)'.Countries
Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greenland, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saint Helena, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela
Facts about the bottlenosed dolphin
Tursiops or Tursiops truncatus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Data Deficient . (Full text)
Bottlenosed Dolphins are most frequent kept in captivity, more is known about them than about other dolphins and porpoises. (Full text)
Bottlenosed dolphins are the most intelligent of all the dolphins species. (Full text)
The Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, is found in coastal waters around the world, is one of the best-known and most loved marine mammals. (Full text)
Bottlenosed dolphins are extremely social and are seen in groups of twenty to twenty-five individuals. (Full text)
Photo:OAR/NURP, NOAA The bottlenosed dolphin is without doubt the most well known member of the order Cetacea. (Full text)
The bottlenosed dolphin is one of 79 species of cetaceans. (Full text)
Tursiops truncatus is an odontocete cetacean. (Full text)
These different dolphin species display a wide variety of body shapes, sizes and color patterns, however, the "classic" gray bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is certainly the one most widely recognized. (Full text)
" Bottlenosed dolphins are classified as among the "toothed whales. (Full text)
Distribution and Movements The bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a cosmopolitan species (Full text)
Most dolphins live in seawater and in captivity they live in chemicaly treated artificial seawater Bottlenosed Dolphins are the ones most commenly captured Other Info Ther are 33 different types of Marine Dolphins, 4 types of River Dolphins and 6 types of porpoises (Full text)
Interesting FactsThe bottlenosed dolphin is classified as a toothed whale. (Full text)
7MBThe Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, is the largest of the beaked dolphins weighing in at 150-200 kg. (Full text)
The height of sexual activity of the bottlenosed dolphin is in March and April. (Full text)
Like other Dolphins, Atlantic Bottlenosed Dolphins are mammals. (Full text)
Bottlenosed Dolphins are mammals. (Full text)
The Pacific bottlenosed dolphin is frequently seen off the coast of Southern California. (Full text)
Habitat: The bottlenosed dolphin is a coastal and oceanic species. (Full text)
Bottlenosed Dolphin The Bottlenosed Dolphin is an endangered animal (Full text)
Bottlenosed dolphins are considered to be the most intelligent of the dolphin species. (Full text)
Distribution: The Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is one of the best-known cetaceans because of its widespread use in marine parks and research facilities. (Full text)
The bottlenosed dolphin is far from being endangered. (Full text)
1. Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus -- (the most common dolphin of North Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform)Atlantic bottlenose dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
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