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Tursiops truncatus
(Montagu, 1821). Mem. Wernerian Nat. Rist. Soc., 3:75, pl. 3.
©2002 (photo by
R. Banasiak & P. Lai)
ORDER—CETACEA
FAMILY—Delphinidae
COMMON NAME—Bottlenose dolphin.
DISTRIBUTION—Tropical and temperate, between 45°N and 45°S. Sighted in the Sulu Sea, Bohol Sea, Tanon Strait, Batangas Bay, Verde Island Passage, and Ulugan Bay (Dolar & Perrin, 1996; Dolar & Wood, 1993; Leatherwood et al., 1992). Locally common in the Panay Gulf and southern Sulu Sea (Dolar & Perrin, unpubl. data).
HABITAT—Often found in nearshore and inshore waters. Also found to inhabit pelagic waters (Jefferson et al., 1994).
STATUS—Locally
common in the Philippines.
CITES: Appendix II. IUCN: Insufficiently known (Klinowska, 1991).
©2002 (P. Hamilton)
©2002 (photo by R. Pitman)
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