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Bottlenose dolphin

(Tursiops truncatus)
🐋 Cetacean Threatened Species
Bottlenose dolphin
Species Details
Scientific Name
Tursiops truncatus
ORGANISM TYPE
🐋 Cetacean
CATEGORY
Threatened Species
Common Name
Bottlenose dolphin
Species Details

Endangered

It is a large dolphin reaching 4 m in length, with a grey back and white underside. It has a pronounced snout, a dark stripe from the eye to the flipper, and a tall, backward-curving dorsal fin. Each jaw has 18–26 pairs of large teeth.

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