common bottlenose dolphin

Also known as bottlenose dolphin, Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, Bottlenose dolphin, Bottle-Nosed 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

black porpoise

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 · 2019Piwetz SDOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211971
Common bottlenose dolphin habitat suitability in Malta's coastal waters as a human-altered environment.Marine environmental research · 2025Soster F, Galdies C, Awbery T et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107422
Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) problem solving strategies in response to a novel interactive apparatus.Behavioural processes · 2019Lauderdale LK, Miller LJDOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2019.103990
Erysipelas in a stranded common bottlenose dolphin: first report in a South American odontocete.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2022Sacristán C, Ewbank AC, Sánchez-Sarmiento AM et al.DOI: 10.1007/s42770-022-00810-5
Bottlenose dolphin distribution in a Mediterranean area exposed to intensive trawling.Marine environmental research · 2023Bonizzoni S, Gramolini R, Furey NB et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105993
Salinity and pH affect common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) sperm viability.Animal reproduction science · 2025Rich J, Cowart JR, Montano G et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2025.107838
Determinants of variability in signature whistles of the Mediterranean common bottlenose dolphin.Scientific reports · 2022La Manna G, Rako-Gospić N, Pace DS et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10920-7
First description of Rhodococcus equi infection in common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).Veterinary research communications · 2024Oliviero M, Iaccarino D, Esposito E et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11259-024-10352-w

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Wikidata facts

Image: 202310 Bottlenose dolphin.svg

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taxon name: Tursiops truncatus
Commons category: Tursiops truncatus
Commons gallery: Tursiops truncatus
taxon common name: tursìope
gestation period: 1
longest observed lifespan: 51.6
sequenced genome URL: www.ensembl.org/Tursiops_truncatus
taxon author citation: (Montagu, 1821)
short name: T. truncatus

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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.