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
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

  1. "Tursiops gillii". San Diego Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
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