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Taxon: Species Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) - bottle-nosed dolphin (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name Montagu, 1821:75, pl. 3.
Original rank
Subsequent generic combination

Types

Type, by original designation, ofTursiops (Genus) Gervais, 1855
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Tursiops truncatus truncatus (Montagu, 1821)

Synonyms

Synonymous name (subjective)Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832) Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 357.
Synonymous name (subjective)Tursiops gilli Dall, 1873 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 118.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full nametuimelaar

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namebottle-nosed dolphin
bottlenose dolphin Ref: 1994
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