Family Delphinidae (Dolphins)

Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Source: Microsoft® Encarta® 96 Encyclopedia

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Some Genera of the Family Delphinidae (Dolphins)

1. Delphinus
2. Globicephala (pilot whales)
3. Lagenorhynchus
4. Orcinus
5. Sotalia (sometimes placed in the family Stenidae)
6. Stenella
7. Tursiops

• Corbet, Gordon & Denys Ovendon. 1980. Pareys Buch der Säugetiere. Parey: Hamburg. 240p.
• Microsoft Corporation. 1996. Microsoft® Encarta® 96 Encyclopedia.
• Vaughan, Terry A. 1978. Mammalogy. Saunders College: Philadelphia. 522p.

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