Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
(Bottle-nosed Dolphin)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTursiops truncatus (Bottle-nosed Dolphin)
FamilyDELPHINIDAE (killer and pilot whales)
SuperfamilyODONTOCETI (toothed whales)
InfraorderCetacea (whales & dolphins)
SuborderCETANCODONTA (a suborder of unassigneds)
OrderCETARTIODACTYLA (whales and dolphins)
SubclassTHERIA (a subclass of unassigneds)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Jackson, B. 2007 Bottlenose Dolphins at Ellenabeich … Vol 18, No 6 Page: 427

Tursiops truncatus (Bottle-nosed Dolphin) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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