Tursiops truncatus gillii
Tursiops truncatus gillii, the Pacific bottlenose dolphin or cowfish, is a subspecies of bottlenose dolphin that is native to oceans off the coast of western North America, as far south as northern South America.[1]
Pacific bottlenose dolphin | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Delphinidae |
Genus: | Tursiops |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | T. t. gillii |
Trinomial name | |
Tursiops truncatus gillii Dall, 1873 |
References
- "Tursiops gillii". San Diego Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
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