Tursiops truncatus is the genus and species of the bottlenose dolphin. These dolphins are mostly found in tropical to temperate ocean waters.
A Tursiops truncatus, commonly known as a bottlenose dolphin, is a mammal. Dolphins are warm-blooded, give birth to live young, nurse their young with milk, and breathe air through lungs, all characteristics of mammals. They are not classified as fish.
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).
The binomial system of classification, first deisgned by Carl Linnaeus, is the "two-named" system (which is what binomial means). Is is the genus and specie of an animal, ie; Tursiops truncatus for the bottlenosed dolphin. The names are mostly in latin and are designed so that biologists and zoologists and botanists worldwide can be positive they are in reference to the same animal.
Truncatus refers to a specific species of bottlenose dolphins. Delphinidae is larger because it is the entire family of dolphins.
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Tursiops truncatus is the scientific name for a bottlenose dolphin.
im pretty sure its a dolphin because a Tursiops Truncatus is the scientific name for a bottlenosed dolphin
10-20kg
Tursiops truncatus
A Tursiops truncatus, commonly known as a bottlenose dolphin, is a mammal. Dolphins are warm-blooded, give birth to live young, nurse their young with milk, and breathe air through lungs, all characteristics of mammals. They are not classified as fish.
Tursiops truncatus is the scientific name for a bottlenose dolphin.
Biologists/Taxonomists/Mammalologists recognise two species of Bottlenose Dolphin, both in the genus Tursiops. The one is Tursiops aduncus, the other, Tursiops truncatus.
There's the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the Indo-Pacific bottlenose (Tursiops aduncus).
Tursio: An animal like fish ( references to Roman historian Pliny. ) ops: a suffix means "looks like" truncatus: shortened so Tursiops truncatus: an animal like fish with shortened snout hope u enjoy. bye.
The Common Bottlenose Dolphin's binomial name is Tursiops truncatus
kingdom: Animalia phylum: Chordata class: Mammalia order: Cetacea family: Delphinidae genus: Tursiops