#0383 · 🦊 mammals

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

🇳🇱 Langbektuimelaar ·Tursiops aduncus

NTnear threatened 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops aduncus ) is a species of bottlenose dolphin. 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. Its back is dark grey and its belly is lighter grey or nearly white with grey spots.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,454iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

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.
3,454 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg in 1833 (193 years ago).