Bottlenose Dolphin

Genus Tursiops. They are common, cosmopolitan members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. Molecular studies show the genus definitively contains two species: the common bottlenose dolphin and the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin.

Scientific name: Tursiops

Gestation period: Common bottlenose dolphin: 12 months, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin: 12 months

Rank: Genus

Family: Delphinidae

Kingdom: Animalia

Order: Artiodactyla