BeRMS taxon details
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
137111 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137111)
accepted
Species
Delphinus truncatus Montagu, 1821 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
(of Delphinus truncatus Montagu, 1821) Montagu, G. (1821). Description of a species of Delphinus, which appears to be new. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 3: 75-82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45888588#page/103/mode/1up [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137111 on 2025-05-04
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137111 on 2025-05-04
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(of Delphinus truncatus Montagu, 1821) Montagu, G. (1821). Description of a species of Delphinus, which appears to be new. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.</em> 3: 75-82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45888588#page/103/mode/1up [details]
context source (HKRMS) Jefferson TA. & Hung SK. (2007). An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong. Mammalia 71: pp 105-114. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Klatsky, L. J.; Wells, R. S.; Sweeney, J. C. (2007). Offshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): movement and dive behavior near the Bermuda pedestal. Journal of Mammalogy, American Society of Mammalogists, 88(1): 59-66 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Reyes, J. (2009). Ballenas, delfines y otros cetáceos del Perú. Una fuente de información. <em>Lima- Perú. Squema-Ediciones.</em> 160 pp. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Jefferson TA. & Hung SK. (2007). An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong. Mammalia 71: pp 105-114. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Klatsky, L. J.; Wells, R. S.; Sweeney, J. C. (2007). Offshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): movement and dive behavior near the Bermuda pedestal. Journal of Mammalogy, American Society of Mammalogists, 88(1): 59-66 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Reyes, J. (2009). Ballenas, delfines y otros cetáceos del Perú. Una fuente de información. <em>Lima- Perú. Squema-Ediciones.</em> 160 pp. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | stumpneusdolfynstompneusdolfyn | [details] |
| Arabic | delfin kabir | [details] |
| Basque | izurde handia | [details] |
| Bulgarian | Афалаafаlа | [details] |
| Catalan | molardofí mular | [details] |
| Croatian | dobri dupin | [details] |
| Danish | øresvin | [details] |
| Dutch | tuimelaar | [details] |
| English | common bottlenose dolphinbottle-nosed dolphinbottlenosed dolphinbottlenose porpoisebottlenose dolphinblack porpoise | [details] |
| French | tursiops nesarnaktursiopstursionsouffleuroudrenesarnarkgros dauphin grisgrand souffleurgrand dauphindauphin nesarnakdauphin à gros nez | [details] |
| German | Tümmlerhochcöpliger TümmlerGroßtümmlergrosser Tümmler | [details] |
| Hebrew | דולפינן ים-התיכוןdolphinan yam hatichon | [details] |
| Indonesian | lumba-lumba hidung botol | [details] |
| Italian | tursiope troncatotursiope tursionetursiodelfino soffiatoredelfino maggiore | [details] |
| Japanese | ハンドウイルカhanda irukabando iruka | [details] |
| Kalaallisut | nezarnak | [details] |
| Korean | keun-dolgorae | [details] |
| Latvian | lielaa-iuras-tsuuka | [details] |
| Lithuanian | afalina | [details] |
| Malagasy | lambondriaka aman'oron-tavoahangy | [details] |
| Malayalam | chankan eedi | [details] |
| Maltese | delfin geddumu qasir | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ρινοδέλφινοrinodélfino | [details] |
| Norwegian | tumlertandthöije | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | tumler | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | tumlar | [details] |
| Polish | butlonos zwyczajny | [details] |
| Portuguese | toninharoaz-corvineiroroazgolfinho-nariz-de-garrafagolfinho-flíperdélfin-mularboto-da-tainha | [details] |
| Romanian | tursiops | [details] |
| Russian | chernyi delfinbolshoi delfinafalina (in Black Sea)afalina | [details] |
| Slovenian | velika pliskovka | [details] |
| Spanish | tursiontursiopez mularmularguamachindelfin pico de botelladelfin nariz de botelladelfín mulardelfin de las islasbufeo | [details] |
| Swedish | öresvinoresvin | [details] |
| Tamil | ongoleongil (dolphins in general)odan | [details] |
| Telugu | gadamu | [details] |
| Turkish | afalinaafale | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Афаліна чорноморськаАфаліна | [details] |
| Welsh | dolffin trwynbwldolffin trwyn potel | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (130 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (194 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) (from synonym Delphinus truncatus Montagu, 1821)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tursiops truncatus)
To GenBank (698922 nucleotides; 58806 proteins)
To GenBank (698922 nucleotides; 58806 proteins) (from synonym Delphinus truncatus Montagu, 1821)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 2230 Tursiops truncatus skull)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 2271 Tursiops truncatus skull)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (130 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (194 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) (from synonym Delphinus truncatus Montagu, 1821)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tursiops truncatus)
To GenBank (698922 nucleotides; 58806 proteins)
To GenBank (698922 nucleotides; 58806 proteins) (from synonym Delphinus truncatus Montagu, 1821)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 2230 Tursiops truncatus skull)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 2271 Tursiops truncatus skull)
To PESI
To ITIS
