Common bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops truncatus · Delphinidae

The common bottlenose dolphin or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin is one of three species of bottlenose dolphin in the genus Tursiops. While formerly known simply as the bottlenose dolphin, this term is now applied to the genus Tursiops as a whole. As considerable genetic variation has been described within this species, even between neighboring populations, many experts think additional species may be recognized and split out.

Where the Common bottlenose dolphin lives

Recorded in United States of America, France, United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, Mexico and Greece (North America and Europe).

Most records fall in California, Highland, Texas, Florida, Aberdeenshire and Delaware.

See the Common bottlenose dolphin’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 180,389 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.