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Dolphins

       Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

                   (Tursiops aduncus)

Called "Abu al-Salam" because he is social and interacts  KINGDOM
with people                                               Animalia
Small size
Belly with spots/flecks                                    PHYLUM
Beak is longer and more slender than common bottle-nosed  Chordata
dolphin
                                                          CLASS
Found in the Arabian Sea and the rest of the seas of the  Mammalia
Arabian Peninsula except the Sea of Oman
                                                          ORDER
                                                          Cetartiodactyla

                                                          FAMILY
                                                          Delphinidae

                                                          GENUS
                                                          Tursiops

                                                          NT  Near Threatened
                                                              (2019)

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