Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin

Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Delphinidae
Genus:	Tursiops
Species:	T. aduncus
Binomial name
	Tursiops aduncus; (Ehrenberg, 1833)
Subspecies
	T. aduncus australis (Burrunan dolphin);
	strongholds lower density or sporadic
Synonyms
	Delphinus aduncus Ehrenberg, 1833 ; Delphinus hamatus Wiegmann, 1841 ; Delphinus abusalam Rüppell, 1842 ; Tursiops catalania Gray, 1862 ; Tursio abusalam Gray, 1866 ; Steno gadamu Gray, 1866 ; Sotalia gadumu Owen, 1866 ; Clymenia gudamu Gray, 1868 ; Delphinus salam Van Beneden, 1886 ; Sotalia perniger Trouessart, 1898 ; Tursiops fergusoni Lydekker, 1903 ; Tursiops abusalam Trouessart, 1904 ; Tursiops truncatus aduncus Hershkovitz, 1966 ; Tursiops australis Charlton-Robb, et al, 2011 ;

Aerial view of a pod of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) with calves at Gordon's Bay, Sydney.

The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) is a species of bottlenose dolphin. This dolphin grows to 2.6 m (8.5 ft) long, and weighs up to 230 kg (510 lb).^[4] It lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China, the Red Sea, and the eastern coast of Africa.^[4] Its back is dark grey and its belly is lighter grey or nearly white with grey spots.^[4]

The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin is generally smaller than the common bottlenose dolphin, has a proportionately longer rostrum, and has spots on its belly and lower sides.^[5]^[6] It also has more teeth than the common bottlenose dolphin — 23 to 29 teeth on each side of each jaw compared to 21 to 24 for the common bottlenose dolphin.^[6]

Much of the old scientific data in the field combine data about the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin and the common bottlenose dolphin into a single group, making it effectively useless in determining the structural differences between the two species. The IUCN lists the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin as "near threatened" in their Red List of endangered species.^[2]

^ Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). "Order Cetacea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 723–743. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ ^a ^b Braulik, G.; Natoli, A.; Kiszka, J.; Parra, G.; Plön, S.; Smith, B.D. (2019). "Tursiops aduncus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T41714A50381127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T41714A50381127.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Shirihai, H.; Jarrett, B. (2006). Whales Dolphins and Other Marine Mammals of the World. pp. 159–161. ISBN 978-0-691-12757-6.
^ Wells, R.; Scott, M. (2002). "Bottlenose Dolphins". In Perrin, W.; Wursig, B.; Thewissen, J. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press. pp. 122–127. ISBN 978-0-12-551340-1.
^ ^a ^b Reeves, R.; Stewart, B.; Clapham, P.; Powell, J. (2002). Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. pp. 362–365. ISBN 978-0-375-41141-0.

[MSW3-1] Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). "Order Cetacea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 723–743. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-2] Braulik, G.; Natoli, A.; Kiszka, J.; Parra, G.; Plön, S.; Smith, B.D. (2019). "Tursiops aduncus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T41714A50381127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T41714A50381127.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[3] "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

[princeton-4] Shirihai, H.; Jarrett, B. (2006). Whales Dolphins and Other Marine Mammals of the World. pp. 159–161. ISBN 978-0-691-12757-6.

[encyc-5] Wells, R.; Scott, M. (2002). "Bottlenose Dolphins". In Perrin, W.; Wursig, B.; Thewissen, J. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press. pp. 122–127. ISBN 978-0-12-551340-1.

[audubon-6] Reeves, R.; Stewart, B.; Clapham, P.; Powell, J. (2002). Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. pp. 362–365. ISBN 978-0-375-41141-0.

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Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin^[1]

Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)^[3]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Delphinidae
Genus:	Tursiops
Species:	T. aduncus
Binomial name
*Tursiops aduncus* (Ehrenberg, 1833)
Subspecies
T. aduncus australis (Burrunan dolphin)

strongholds lower density or sporadic
Synonyms
Delphinus aduncus Ehrenberg, 1833 Delphinus hamatus Wiegmann, 1841 Delphinus abusalam Rüppell, 1842 Tursiops catalania Gray, 1862 Tursio abusalam Gray, 1866 Steno gadamu Gray, 1866 Sotalia gadumu Owen, 1866 Clymenia gudamu Gray, 1868 Delphinus salam Van Beneden, 1886 Sotalia perniger Trouessart, 1898 Tursiops fergusoni Lydekker, 1903 Tursiops abusalam Trouessart, 1904 Tursiops truncatus aduncus Hershkovitz, 1966 Tursiops australis Charlton-Robb, et al, 2011