Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops aduncus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 1,856
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) is a species of bottlenose dolphin. This dolphin grows to 2.6 m (8.5 ft) long, and weighs up to 230 kg (510 lb). It lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China, the Red Sea, and the eastern coast of Africa.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin”.