#0067 · 🦊 mammals
Common Bottlenose Dolphin
🇳🇱 Tuimelaar ·Tursiops truncatus
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what is it?
The common bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ), or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin , is the most well-known species from the family Delphinidae.
base stats
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
- Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 26,193 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by George Montagu in 1821 (205 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Bottlenose Dolphin
- Nederlands
- Tuimelaar
- scientific name
- Tursiops truncatus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Artiodactyla
- family
- Delphinidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- in NL
- native
- sightings in NL
- 1
- sightings in Europe
- 5,439
- sightings worldwide
- 26,193
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,311
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1821 by George Montagu
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Delphinidae
#0051 📷 7Common Dolphin
🇳🇱 Gewone Dolfijn
Delphinus delphis
LC 👀 5 in NL
#0060 📷 9White-beaked Dolphin
🇳🇱 Witsnuitdolfijn
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
LC 👀 3 in NL
#0062 📷 9Orca
🇳🇱 Orka
Orcinus orca
DD 👀 2 in NL
#0064 📷 8Long-finned Pilot Whale
🇳🇱 Griend
Globicephala melas
LC 👀 2 in NL
#0346 📷 10Tamanend's Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops erebennus
🌍 4.4k seen
#0379 📷 9Spinner Dolphin
🇳🇱 Langsnuitdolfijn
Stenella longirostris
LC 🌍 3.5k seen
#0383 📷 10Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
🇳🇱 Langbektuimelaar
Tursiops aduncus
NT 🌍 3.5k seen
#0113 📷 10Risso's Dolphin
🇳🇱 Gramper
Grampus griseus
LC 🌍 3.4k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 41482, Wikidata Q174199, GBIF 2440447, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.