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Dolphins and Porpoises
Considered not a fish, dolphins and porpoises belong to the group of toothed whales that have skin, not scales. The significant difference between them is that dolphins have a beak, a melon-shaped head and a dorsal, while porpoises have none.
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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.
What is the scientific name for a pink dolphin?
A Pink (river) dolphin is another name for the Boto, or Amazon River dolphin. Its scientific name is Inia geoffrensis.
What is the scientific name for dolphins?
The scientific name depends on the species. There are several different species of dolphin split into three different families.
The most familiar dolphin that we see a lot in the media and TV is the Bottlenose Dolphin. The scientific name for Bottlenose Dolphin is tursiops truncatus.
Here is the full list of dolphin species and their scientific names:
Delphinidae family (ocean dolphins)
- Steno bredanensis - rough-toothed dolphin
- Sousa chinensis - Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin
- Sousa teuszii - Atlantic hump-backed dolphin
- Sotalia fluviatilis - tucuxi
- Tursiops truncatus - bottlenose dolphin
- Stenella longirostris - spinner dolphin
- Stenella clymene - clymene dolphin
- Stenella frontalis - Atlantic spotted dolphin
- Stenella attenuata - pantropical spotted dolphin
- Stenella coeruleoalba - striped dolphin
- Lagenodelphis hosei - Fraser's dolphin
- Lagenorhynchus albirostris - white-beaked dolphin
- Lagenorhynchus acutus - Atlantic white-sided dolphin
- Lagenorhynchus obliquidens - Pacific white-sided dolphin
- Lagenorhynchus obscurus - dusky dolphin
- Lagenorhynchus australis - Peale's dolphin
- Lagenorhynchus cruciger - hourglass dolphin
- Cephalorhynchus commersonii - Commerson's dolphin
- Cephalorhynchus heavisidii - Heaviside's dolphin
- Cephalorhynchus eutropia - black dolphin
- Cephalorhynchus hectori - Hector's dolphin
- Lissodelphis borealis - northern right whale dolphin
- Lissodelphis peronii - southern right whale dolphin
- Grampus griseus - Risso's dolphin
- Peponocephala electra - melon-headed whale
- Feresa attenuata - pygmy killer whale
- Pseudorca crassidens - false killer whale
- Globicephala melaena - long-finned pilot whale
- Globicephala macrorhynchus - short-finned pilot whale
- Orcinus orca - killer whale
- Orcaella brevirostris - Irrawaddy dolphin
Side note: (Yes, "killer whales" or Orcas are actually large dolphins).
Platanistidae family (river dolphins)
- Platanista gangetica - Ganges river dolphin
- Platanista minor - Indus river dolphin
- Inia geoffrensis boto - Amazon river dolphin
- Lipotes vexillifer baiji - Yangtze river dolphin
- Pontoporia blainvillei franciscana - La Plata dolphin
Phocoenidae family (porpoises)
- Phocoena phocoena - harbor porpoise
- Phocoena sinus - vaquita
- Phocoena dioptrica - spectacled porpoise
- Phocoena spinnipinnis - Burmeister's porpoise
- Neophocaena phocaenoides - finless porpoise
- Phocoenoides dalli - Dall's porpoise
Further reading:
Dolphins World - Types of dolphins
Everything Dolphins - Dolphin species
Dolphin Ear - Dolphin species and scientific names
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It depends on which kind of dolphin you are referring to.
The marine mammals are from the families Delphinida(oceanic dolphins - 30 species), Iniida (South American River Dolphins - 3 species), Lipotidae (Yangtze River dolphin - probably now extinct), Platanistidae (South Asian River Dolphins - 2 subspecies), and Pontoporiidae (La Plata Dolphin). Like all mammals they are warm-blooded.
The Coryphaena hippurus, aka Dolphin, common dolphinfish, Mahi-mahi, dorade coryphène, dorado, lampuga, llampuga, lampuka, lampuki, rakingo, calitos, ti-rone or maverikos - is a fish and cold-blooded.
What is the scientific name for the Spinner Dolphin?
The Scientific name for a short-nose spinner is Stenella clymene, and for a long-nose spinner is Stenella longirostris. For striped dolphins is Stenella coeruleoalba.
What is a two-word scientific name for a dolphin?
okay diffrent species of dolphins have diffrent names, try http://www.mmc.gov/species/speciesglobal2.html#delphinidae for a list of dolphin species and their scientific names: however for a more genertic scientific name cetacean includes dolphins whales ect.
Dolphin diaries most important characters?
Jody: main character, a girl who loves dolphins
Apollo: the dolphin that saved Jody's life
Sean and Jimmy: Jody's twin brothers
Harry: the captain
Brittany: Harry's daughter that is bratty
Gina: Jody's mom
Craig: Jody's dad
Dr. Taylor: the person from the company who comes on the trip
Maddie: the teacher who teaches Sean, Brittany, Jimmy, and Jody
Mei Lin: the cook on the boat
Lindsay: Jody's BFF
These are all the characters in the story. I think all of these characters, but one which is Lindsay are the main characters.
What is a good poem about dolphins?
Dolphins are known as adorable mammals,
They swim in water ,clear blue
Thier skin is as slippery as ice,
It glides through the water,
like bullets from a gun
The noises they make
are like sweet tunes from itunes
These beautiful creatures, from the heaven above
By the way that's a free verse poem
What is the sickness in isand of the blue dolphins?
How long do dolphins live for in the wild?
Dolphins in the wild can live for about 40 to about 70 years. The smaller dolphins like the Bottlenose dolphins live about 40 years while the orcas live closer to 70 years.
What are the parts of a dolphin and put the definition of the parts of a dolphin?
Starting from front to back: (an image would prove very useful)
* rostrum - beak * melon - forehead * blowhole - the only organ that dolphins use to get air * dorsal fin - the fin on a dolphin's back * tail - the shaft behind the dorsal fin * flukes - the two lobes of a dolphin's tail
* pectoral fins - the fins on either side of a dolphin * navel - a dolphin's belly button * genital slit - conceals the reproductive organs and anus == == Dolphins are one of the few animals other than humans known to mate for reasons other than reproduction and especially male Bottlenose Dolphins are known to engage in sexual acts with other dolphin species, which is not always consensual, though the Bottlenose may also be submissive in such encounters. Occasionally, dolphins will also show sexual behaviour towards humans. Dolphins can reach 37 mph. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
Are dolphins more intelligent than monkeys?
Both animals are very intelligent. Dolphins are the 2nd smartest animals but chimpanzees are the smartest.
If you meant in there family's altogether you would say dolphins are smarter but if you were talking within their family's you would say monkeys - chimpanzees.
In one fish two fish red fish blue fish what was the nook reading?
In "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish", the Nook was reading a book about how to cook with a hook.
What is the longest record for holding your breath underwater?
In 2007 Lithuanian Arvydas Gaiciunas claimed a new world record for holding his breath underwater: 15 minutes, 58 seconds.
What is the largest meat eater in the world?
Mapusaurus is the biggest meat-eater in the world. look at http://www.technewsworld.com/story/50042.html
What is a dolphin's natural weapon?
A dolphin's natural weapon is living in pods. By living in pods, they are able to help and protect each other.
No, tortoises are cold blooded, as their body temperature fluctuates with their environment.
What kind of water does the bottlenose dolphin live in?
They live in salt water like a kind of ocean.
Is a zebra and kangaroo a plant eater?
It depends on the species, although no species of kangaroos are purely carnivores. The animals most commonly known as kangaroos are herbivores, primarily eating grass and other vegetation. Besides grass, they eat young shoots and tender leaves of native shrubs. They enjoy grains as well, but being herbivorous, they do not eat any other animals. Kangaroos are grazing animals, and they will regurgitate their food to chew like cattle chew their cud. These kangaroos include the larger red and grey kangaroos, as well as wallaroos, wallabies, quokkas, potoroos and bettongs/rat-kangaroos. Bettongs also eat fungi and tubers.
Tree kangaroos eat leaves, and sometimes fruit. Some varieties of tree kangaroo are omnivores, eating insects and other invertebrates. The Goodfellow's tree kangaroo has been known to eat eggs and small birds as well.
Smaller varieties of kangaroos such as the musky-rat kangaroo are omnivores, eating fruits, seeds, fungi insect larvae and small invertebrates such as grasshoppers and beetles.
What are clothing lines like pink dolphin?
Pink + Dolphin is really unique, so there aren't many brands "like" p+d. But I see a lot of similarities between p+d and Diamond supply co. Just because of the tagless shirts with the logo stitched in at the bottom hem.
What have dolphins been trained to do?
Dolphins have been trained many things, but in the wild out in the ocean theres no one out there to train them, so yes dolphins are trained and naturaly nice.
