#0379 · 🦊 mammals

Spinner Dolphin

🇳🇱 Langsnuitdolfijn ·Stenella longirostris

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © martinmoscovich · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Chi-Hsuan Shao · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Alexander Vasenin · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Kimberly Tripp Randal · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Liisa Havukainen · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Magnus Kjaergaard · CC BY 4.0
7. © David R · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Cullen Hanks · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Craig Fujii · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The spinner dolphin ( Stenella longirostris ) is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. It is famous for its acrobatic displays in which it spins along its longitudinal axis as it leaps through the air. It is a member of the family Delphinidae of toothed whales.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,474iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,474 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1828 (198 years ago).