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Tamanend's Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops erebennus

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24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Carolina.January 41, February 45, March 55, April 57, May 49, June 47, July 47, August 33, September 32, October 36, November 34, December 40.
United States2,296
South Carolina812
New Jersey483
Virginia302
North Carolina278
Maryland249
Delaware217
Georgia171
New York74
Connecticut10

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • SocialLives in groups or coloniesFrom its classification
  • SmartDemonstrates problem-solving and learningFrom its classification

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterChecked by the maintainer
  • EcholocationUses sonar to navigate and huntChecked by the maintainer

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderEven-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans · Artiodactyla
FamilyOceanic Dolphins · Delphinidae
GenusBottlenose Dolphins · Tursiops

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