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Dolphins

            Spinner Dolphin

                        (Stenella longirostris)

Can leap from the water up to 3m and spin before landing  KINGDOM
Has a long, and slender beak                              Animalia

Feeds on small fish                                        PHYLUM
Abundantly found in the Sea of Oman                       Chordata
2m long
82kg weight                                               CLASS
                                                          Mammalia

                                                          ORDER
                                                          Cetartiodactyla

                                                          FAMILY
                                                          Delphinidae

                                                          GENUS
                                                          Stenella

                                                          LC  Least Concern
                                                              (2018)

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