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Bottlenose dolphin
Scientific Name : Tursiops truncatus / Japanese Name : handou-iruka
Details
| Order | Cetartiodactyla |
|---|---|
| Suborder | Odontoceti |
| Family | Delphinidae |
| Genus | Tursiops |
| Species | truncatus |
| Subspecies | - |
| Subtype | - |
| CITES Appendix | II | IUCN RedData Status | Least Concern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baleen plates or tooth-Upper jaw | 20-26 | Baleen plates or tooth-Lower jaw | 18-24 |
| At birth | At weaning | Adult | Adult male | Adult female | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 大きさ | - | - | 7.0-10ft | - | - |
| 重さ | 12-25kg | - | 140-240kg | - | - |
| Feature and Habit |
|---|
| Bottlenose dolphins is robust in body shape. The beak is thick and distinctly. The dorsal fin is moderately high, falcated, and locates almost middle of the body length. The flippers taper toward the tip. The dorsal side is gray or black and the ventral side more whitish . They have 20-26 teeth in the each upper jaw and 18-24 in the lower. Some dolphins are seen in the gulf or the estuary. |
| Description |
| 国立科学博物館での分類による。(Shirakihara, M., Shirakihara, K., Tomonaga, J. and Takatsuki, M. 2002. A resident population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Amakusa, western Kyushu, Japan. Marine Mammal Science 18: 30-41.) |
| Stranding Record(s) in Japan |
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| Sex | - | Reproductive Condition | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | - | Locality | - |
| Museum No. | - | Other No. | - |
