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Dolphins

          Pygmy Killer Whale

                   (Feresa attenuata)

Has white lips, and white tip of the lower jaw                                                                                                                      KINGDOM
Has 12 pairs of teeth in the upper jaw and 14–15 pairs in the                                                                                                       Animalia
lower jaw
Head is round-shaped with no beak                                                                                                                                   PHYLUM
Has strong body and medium shape, and it becomes slender                                                                                                            Chordata
behind the dorsal fin
Has relatively long and rounded-tipped flippers                                                                                                                      CLASS
Has black stripes (Patch) that extend from the top of the head                                                                                                      Mammalia
to the dorsal fin, extending to form the shape of ‘saddle’
Found in the deep waters of the Sea of Oman, the Arabian Sea                                                                                                        ORDER
and the Gulf of Aden                                                                                                                                                Cetartiodactyla
Up to 2.9m long
                                                                                                                                                                    FAMILY
                                                                                                                                         © Wikimedia Commons, 2021  Delphinidae

                                                                                                                                                                    GENUS
                                                                                                                                                                    Feresa

                                                                                                                                                                    LC  Least Concern
                                                                                                                                                                        (2019)

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