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White-beaked dolphin

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White-beaked dolphin

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Also known as Lagenorhynchus albirostris

species of mammal

OverviewAI-generated

The white-beaked dolphin, scientifically known as *Lagenorhynchus albirostris*, is a species of marine mammal. It belongs to the family Delphinidae within the order Cetartiodactyla and class Mammalia. The species was described by Gray in 1846 and is currently accepted as a valid taxon. Its parent taxon is *Lagenorhynchus*.

This dolphin has a gestation period of 10 months. It is also referred to by the common names Delfín De Pico Blanco, Dauphin À Bec Blanc, and Lagénorhynque À Bec Blanc De L'Atlantique. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2018.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, WoRMS, IUCN Red List, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

white-beaked bottlenose

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassMammalia
  3. OrderCetartiodactyla
  4. FamilyDelphinidae
Habitatmarine

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Encyclopedic overview

bow-ridingEyjafjörður, Northeastern Iceland

The white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is a marine mammal belonging to the family Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins) in the suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White-beaked dolphin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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