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Dolphins

Risso’s Dolphin

(Grampus griseus)

Tends to raise tail vertically out of the water for 30 seconds KINGDOM
Has a stout body, narrowing from the dorsal fin to the Animalia
tailstock
Most parts of an old dolphin have white intersecting stripes PHYLUM
Parallel sides head, indistinct beak, a crease extending from Chordata
the forehead
CLASS
Widespread in the Sea of Oman, the Arabian Sea and the rest Mammalia
of the seas of the Arabian Peninsula
Up to 3.5m long ORDER
Cetartiodactyla

FAMILY
Delphinidae

GENUS
Grampus

LC Least Concern
(2018)

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