OTHER NAMES: Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, Bottlenose Dolphin
Latin Etymology: Tursiops (Latin: Dolphin) truncatus ("cut off")
Three Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) at Flamborough, Yorkshire - September 2023
Featured Subspecies: Tursiops truncatus truncatus
Weight: 150-650kg / Length: 2-4m
UK STATUS NOT EVALUATED/ IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Probably one of the best recognised of all mammals, the Bottlenose Dolphin is the largest of the beaked dolphin and widely considered one of the most intelligent animals on the planet. Modern research has split Bottlenose Dolphins into three distinct species, with the Atlantic being the one found in British Waters. A lively, social and charismatic species, they can live in pods of a few indivuduals to hundreds.
Related Species:
ORDER: Artiodactyla
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Tursiops
SUBSPECIES: T. t. truncatus, t. ponticus, T. t. gephyreus
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - A widespread if scarce coastal species
- Two pods een at Flamborough in September 2023
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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