Mammals Living Least Concern

Common Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

An intelligent, adaptable dolphin found in many warm and temperate seas.

Overview

Bottlenose dolphins live in flexible social groups and use echolocation to locate prey and navigate. Coastal and offshore populations can differ considerably in body size and behavior.

Physical characteristics

Length200–400 cm

Weight150.0–650.0 kg

Typical lifespan40 years

DietCarnivore

Habitat & distribution

Habitats

EstuaryCoastal OceanOpen OceanBrackish WaterMarine

Range

Atlantic OceanIndian OceanPacific Ocean

Video

Fungi the dolphin from Dingle/Fungi, der Delphin aus DingleCredit: Christian Faulhammer · CC BY-SA 2.5Source ↗

Sounds

Dutch pronunciation of "tuimelaar"GerardM · CC BY-SA 3.0

References

GBIF Auto Sync GBIF
WoRMS / Aphia World Register of Marine Species
Wikipedia — Bottlenose dolphin Wikipedia

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