Tursiops truncatus

Tursiops truncatus truncatus, Chanonry Point, Inner Moray Firth, Scotland

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Delphinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Whippomorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Odontoceti Cladus: Delphinida Superfamilia: Delphinoidea

Familia: Delphinidae
Genus: Tursiops
Species: T. truncatus
Subspecies: T. t. ponticus – T. t. truncatus

Name

• Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)

Synonymy

• Delphinus truncatus (protonym)

References

Primary references

• Montagu G. 1821. Description of a species of Delphinus, which appears to be new. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 3: 75-82.

Additional references

• van der Land, J. 2001. Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376

Links

• Tursiops truncatus in the World Register of Marine Species
• Tursiops truncatus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Tursiops truncatus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Stumpneusdolfyn
العربية: Delfin kabir
беларуская: Афаліна
български: Афала
català: Molar
Cymraeg: Dolffin trwynbwl
dansk: Øresvin
Deutsch: Tümmler
Ελληνικά: Ρινοδέλφινο
English: Common Bottlenose Dolphin
español: Tursion
euskara: Izurde handia
suomi: Pullokuonodelfiini
français: Tursiops nesarnak
galego: Arroaz
עברית: דולפינן ים-התיכון
hrvatski: Dobri dupin
magyar: Palackorrú delfin
Bahasa Indonesia: Lumba-lumba hidung botol
íslenska: Stökkull
italiano: Tursiope troncato
日本語: ハンドウイルカ
kalaallisut: Nezarnak
한국어: Keun-dolgorae
Limburgs: Tummeleer
lietuvių: Afalina
latviešu: Lielaa-iuras-tsuuka
Malagasy: Lambondriaka aman'oron-tavoahangy
മലയാളം: Chankan eedi
Malti: Delfin geddumu qasir
Nederlands: Tuimelaar
norsk nynorsk: Tumler
norsk: Tumler
polski: Butlonos zwyczajny
português: Toninha
română: Tursiops
русский: Chernyi delfin
slovenščina: Velika pliskovka
svenska: Öresvin
தமிழ்: Ongole
తెలుగు: Gadamu
ไทย: โลมาปากขวดธรรมดา
Türkçe: Afalina
українська: Афаліна чорноморська
中文: 宽吻海豚

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