Tursiops aduncus

(Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832)

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Whippomorpha
Infraorder : Cetacea
Parvorder : Odontoceti
Superfamily : Delphinoidea
Family : Delphinidae
Subfamily : Delphininae
Genus : Tursiops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hemprich and Ehrenberg, Symbolae Physicae., vol. Mammalia, decas II, folio k, ftn. 1

Original name as described

Delphinus aduncus

Other common names

Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dolphin · Bottlenose Dolphin

Type material

ZMB 66400

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Belhosse Isl., Dahalk Arch., Ethiopia."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Australia · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Brunei · Cambodia · China · Comoros · Djibouti · Egypt · Eritrea · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Japan · Jordan · Kenya · Kuwait · Madagascar · Malaysia · Maldives · Mauritius · Mayotte · Mozambique · Myanmar · Oman · Pakistan · Papua New Guinea · Philippines · Qatar · Saudi Arabia · Seychelles · Singapore · Solomon Islands · South Africa · Sri Lanka · Sudan · Tanzania · Thailand · East Timor · United Arab Emirates · Taiwan · Somalia · Yemen · Vietnam?

Taxonomy notes

includes australis, which was recently described as a distinct species, although there is some disagreement regarding whether australis is separate or not; Tursiops as a whole is in need of even more comprehensive taxonomic revision using range wide data and any taxonomic arrangement for the genus should be considere tentative for now

Taxonomy notes citation

Charlton-Robb, K., L. Gershwin, R. Thompson, J. Austin, K. Owen and S. McKechnie. 2011. A new dolphin species, the Burrunan dolphin Tursiops australis sp. Nov., endemic to southern Australian waters. PLoS ONE 6(0) e24047. · Gray, H., Nishida, S., Welch, A., Moura, A., Tanabe, S., Kiani, M., Culloch, R., Möller, L., Natoli, A. & Ponnampalam, L. 2018. Cryptic lineage differentiation among Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the northwest Indian Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 122: 1-14. · Moura, A. E., Shreves, K., Pilot, M., Andrews, K. R., Moore, D. M., Kishida, T., ... & Gray, H. (2020). Phylogenomics of the genus Tursiops and closely related Delphininae reveals extensive reticulation among lineages and provides inference about eco-evolutionary drivers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 146, 106756. · Pratt, E. A., Beheregaray, L. B., Fruet, P., Tezanos-Pinto, G., Bilgmann, K., Zanardo, N., ... & Möller, L. M. (2023). Genomic divergence and the evolution of ecotypes in bottlenose dolphins (genus Tursiops). Genome Biology and Evolution, 15(11), evad199.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006442

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Delphinus catalania

(J. E. Gray, 1862)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

catalania

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.6.6.13, BMNH:Mamm:1862.6.6.14

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0fb79838-f017-41c9-92a4-b5b082bf1855 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/90712bc9-ada5-411b-9c61-8366cfd26aeb https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a96fc991-e523-4c55-96f7-870d98a469cf https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e2da5b1f-f466-433b-bf45-0698082d250b

Authority page

144

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577176

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Steno? Gadamu

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

gadamu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1866.2.5.3 (= BMNH:Mamm:1477a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8cef638e-67c8-4eae-a743-7df7d1faef09 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a17c9bd2-8c78-47dd-bb0a-bf028052ccc9

Authority page

394

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9730139

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Delphinus caerulescens

(Giglioli, 1874)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

caerulescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

88

Authority publication

Florence

Tursiops australis

Charlton-Robb, Gershwin, R. Thompson, J. Austin, K. Owen, & McKechnie, 2011

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

QVM 1365

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

13

Authority publication

PLoS ONE

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Delphinus Abusalam

(Rüppell, 1842)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

abusalam

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4337

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886803

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Delphinus aduncus

(Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

aduncus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 66400

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

6 (footnote 1 of Herpestes leucurus entry)

Authority publication

Berlin

Delphinus (Steno?) maculiventer

(R. Owen, 1866)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

maculiventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30862887

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Tursiops aduncus

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

aduncus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41714/50381127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Delphinus hamatus

(Wiegmann, 1840)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

hamatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 369

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31078438

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Delphinus hamatus

(J. A. Wagner, 1846)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

hamatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

324

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42534170

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Delphinus perniger

(E. Blyth, 1848)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

perniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

249, 250

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1863:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Delphinus (Steno) gadamu

(R. Owen, 1866)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

gadamu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30862891

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Delphinus salam

(P. J. Van Beneden, 1886)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

salam

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

111

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57673774

Authority publication

Annales du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique

Tursiops tursio

von Ihering, 1893

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

tursio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

104

Authority publication

Anais do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul

Tursiops fergusoni

Lydekker, 1903

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

fergusoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2096447

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Tursiops tursio

H. H. Scott & Lord, 1920

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

tursio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

96 (part)

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