Tursiops truncatus is the scientific name for a bottlenose dolphin.
Class : mammilla Kingdom: animal Order : cetacea Family : dolphinaide Genus : tursiops Species : t. truncates
The scientific name is Grampus griseus.
The scientific name for the hourglass dolphin is Lagenorhynchus cruciger.
The scientific name for the Irrawaddy dolphin is Orcaella brevirostris.
The scientific name for a dolphin depends on the species of dolphin. The common bottlenose dolphin is the Tursiops truncatus, and the Indo-Pacific dolphin is the Tursiops aduncus.
A Pink (river) dolphin is another name for the Boto, or Amazon River dolphin. Its scientific name is Inia geoffrensis.
Currently there are two species of dolphin known as the common dolphin, their scientific names are Delphinus delphis and Delphinus capensis.
Dolphin are of the suborder Odontoceti of the order Cetacea.
The scientific classification is the following:Kingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:CnidariaClass:HydrozoaOrder:SiphonophoraFamily:PhysaliidaeGenus:PhysaliaSpecies:P. physalisIts binomial name is Physalia physalis
The most common dolphin around Maui is the spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris), named for it's habit of spinning when it clears the water.
Tursiops truncatus is the scientific name for a bottlenose dolphin.