Common bottlenose dolphin

Common bottlenose dolphin
	Common bottlenose dolphin breaching surfing a boat wake, a frequently seen activity in high traffic areas
	Size compared to an average human
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (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. truncatus
Binomial name
	Tursiops truncatus; (Montagu, 1821)
Subspecies
	T. t. truncatus; T. t. ponticus; T. t. gephyreus; T. t. nuuanu;
	Common bottlenose dolphin range (in blue)
Synonyms
	Delphinus tursio Gunnerus, 1768 ; Tursiops tursio Bonnaterre, 1789 ; Delphinus nesarnack Lacépède, 1804 ; Delphinus truncatus Montagu, 1821 ; Phocoena compressicauda Lesson, 1828 ; Delphinus catalania Gray, 1844 ; Tursiops communis Fitzing, 1846 ; Delphinus compressicauda Gray, 1846 ; Delphinus cymodoce Gray, 1846 ; Delphinus eurynome Gray, 1846 ; Delphinus metis Gray, 1846 ; Tursiops eurynome Gray, 1846 ; Delphinus erebennus Cope, 1865 ; Tursio catalania Gray, 1866 ; Tursio cymodoce Gray, 1866 ; Tursio eurynome Gray, 1866 ; Tursio metis Gray, 1866 ; Tursio truncatus Gray, 1866 ; Tursio compressicauda Gray, 1866 ; Tursiops parvimanus Van Beneden, 1886 ; Tursiops coerulescens Giglioli, 1889 ; Tursiops compressicauda Trouessart, 1898 ; Tursiops gephyreus Lahille, 1908 ; Tursiops dawsoni Lydekker, 1909 ; Tursiops nuuanu Andrews, 1911 ; Tursiops maugeanus Iredale & Troughton, 1934 ; Tursiops ponticus Barabash-Nikiforov, 1940 ;

The common bottlenose dolphin or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is one of three species of bottlenose dolphin in the genus Tursiops. The common bottlenose dolphin is a very familiar dolphin due to the wide exposure it receives in captivity in marine parks and dolphinariums, and in movies and television programs.^[5] Spending their entire life in water, common bottlenose dolphins inhabit temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world,^[6] absent only from polar waters.^[5]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] While formerly known simply as the bottlenose dolphin, this term is now applied to the genus Tursiops as a whole.^[1]^[11]^[12] As considerable genetic variation has been described within this species, even between neighboring populations, many experts think additional species may be recognized.^[13]^[11]

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference encyc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Wells, R.S.; Natoli, A.; Braulik, G. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Tursiops truncatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22563A156932432. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T22563A156932432.en. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
^ Cite error: The named reference socmammalogy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Leatherwood, S., & Reeves, R. (1990). The Bottlenose Dolphin. San Diego: Academic Press, Inc., ISBN 0-12-440280-1
^ Wilson, Ben; Hammond, Philip S.; Thompson, Paul M. (February 1999). "Estimating Size and Assessing Trends in a Coastal Bottlenose Dolphin Population". Ecological Applications. 9 (1): 288–300. doi:10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0288:esaati]2.0.co;2. ISSN 1051-0761.
^ Jenkins, J. (2009) Tursiops truncatus. Animal Diversity Web.
^ Anonymous (2002). "Bottlenose Dolphin". Seaworld.org. Archived from the original on January 7, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
^ Wells, R.S.; Natoli, A.; Braulik, G. (2019). "Tursiops truncatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22563A50377908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T22563A50377908.en.
^ Klinowska, M. (1991). Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland, Switzerland, U.K.: IUCN, ISBN 2880329361
^ ^a ^b Shirihai, H.; Jarrett, B. (2006). Whales Dolphins and Other Marine Mammals of the World. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. pp. 155–158. ISBN 978-0-691-12757-6.
^ Reeves, R.; Stewart, B.; Clapham, P.; Powell, J. (2002). National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. New York: A.A. Knopf. pp. 362–365. ISBN 978-0-375-41141-0.
^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Tursiops truncatus". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[iucn-e-2] Wells, R.S.; Natoli, A.; Braulik, G. (2019) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Tursiops truncatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22563A156932432. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T22563A156932432.en. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[CITES-3] "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

[socmammalogy-4] Cite error: The named reference socmammalogy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Leatherwood,_S._1990-5] Leatherwood, S., & Reeves, R. (1990). The Bottlenose Dolphin. San Diego: Academic Press, Inc., ISBN 0-12-440280-1

[6] Wilson, Ben; Hammond, Philip S.; Thompson, Paul M. (February 1999). "Estimating Size and Assessing Trends in a Coastal Bottlenose Dolphin Population". Ecological Applications. 9 (1): 288–300. doi:10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0288:esaati]2.0.co;2. ISSN 1051-0761.

[adw-7] Jenkins, J. (2009) Tursiops truncatus. Animal Diversity Web.

[seaworld.org-8] Anonymous (2002). "Bottlenose Dolphin". Seaworld.org. Archived from the original on January 7, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2009.

[iucn-9] Wells, R.S.; Natoli, A.; Braulik, G. (2019). "Tursiops truncatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22563A50377908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T22563A50377908.en.

[Klinowska,_M._1991-10] Klinowska, M. (1991). Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland, Switzerland, U.K.: IUCN, ISBN 2880329361

[princeton-11] Shirihai, H.; Jarrett, B. (2006). Whales Dolphins and Other Marine Mammals of the World. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. pp. 155–158. ISBN 978-0-691-12757-6.

[audubon-12] Reeves, R.; Stewart, B.; Clapham, P.; Powell, J. (2002). National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. New York: A.A. Knopf. pp. 362–365. ISBN 978-0-375-41141-0.

[msw3-13] Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Tursiops truncatus". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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