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Dolphins
Common Bottlenose Dolphin
(Tursiops truncatus)
Inquisitive and capable of aerial acrobatics KINGDOM
The most famous species given its presence in marine Animalia
parks
One of the largest beaked dolphins PHYLUM
Short and blunt beak Chordata
Has a clear crease that separates the beak from the bulbous
forehead CLASS
Feeds on fish, squid and crustaceans Mammalia
Found in the Sea of Oman and the Arabian Sea
3m long ORDER
230kg weight Cetartiodactyla
FAMILY
Delphinidae
GENUS
Tursiops
LC Least Concern
(2018)
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