Tursiops truncatus
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Perrin, William
date: 2026-08-25
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2026). World Cetacea Database. Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137111 on 2026-08-25
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2008-08-20T13:25:36Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
class: Mammalia
family: Delphinidae
genus: Tursiops
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Montagu, G. (1821). Description of a species of Delphinus, which appears to be new. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 3: 75-82.
name published in year: 1821
order: Cetartiodactyla
parent name usage ID: 137026
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Montagu, 1821)
specific epithet: truncatus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted