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common bottlenose dolphin

best-known species of the dolphin family

AI overview

The common bottlenose dolphin is the most well-known type of dolphin, recognized by people around the world. It matters because its visibility in popular culture and marine settings has made it an important ambassador for understanding dolphins and ocean conservation.

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Species

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Species

PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderCetartiodactyla
FamilyDelphinidae

Habitatmarine, brackish

Maximum longevity: 51.6 years (captivity) Observations: Estimates suggest that males may live up to 39 years in the wild and females up to 49 years (Ronald Nowak 1999). One captive female was still alive at 51.6 years of age (Richard Weigl 2005).

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Research

1,521 papers

Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) behavior in an active narrow seaport.PloS one · 2019
Common bottlenose dolphin habitat suitability in Malta's coastal waters as a human-altered environment.Marine environmental research · 2025
Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) problem solving strategies in response to a novel interactive apparatus.

Article

The common bottlenose dolphin or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is one of three species of bottlenose dolphin in the genus Tursiops. While formerly known simply as the bottlenose dolphin, this term is now applied to the genus Tursiops as a whole. As considerable genetic variation has been described within this species, even between neighboring populations, many experts think additional species may be recognized and split out.

The common bottlenose dolphin is a very familiar dolphin due to the wide exposure it receives in human care in marine parks and dolphinariums, and in movies and television programs. Common bottlenose dolphins inhabit temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world, absent only from polar waters.