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Recent molecular studies show the genus contains two species, the common bottlenose dolphin(Tursiops truncatus) and the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), instead of one. Research in 2011 revealed a third species, the Burrunan dolphin (Tursiops australis).

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