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bottlenose dolphins A newborn bottlenose dolphin calf swimming alongside its mother at SeaWorld amusement park, San Diego, California, 2009.

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bottle-nosed dolphin

bottlenose dolphin, (genus Tursiops), any of two or three species of oceanic dolphins classified within the marine mammal family Delphinidae and characterized by a bottle-shaped snout. The common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), which is the most widely recognized dolphin species, is found worldwide in warm and temperate seas. In contrast, the Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin (T. aduncus) inhabits continental shelf areas of the Indian Ocean and the waters fringing Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Australia. The southern Australian bottlenose dolphin (T. australis), or Burrunan dolphin, is considered by some researchers to be a third species, whereas others argue that it is ...(100 of 298 words)

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