Common bottlenose dolphin
Scientific name: Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Overview
The common bottlenose dolphin or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin is one of three species of bottlenose dolphin in the genus Tursiops. While formerly known simply as the bottlenose dolphin, this term is now applied to the genus Tursiops as a whole. As considerable genetic variation has been described within this species, even between neighboring populations, many experts think additional species may be recognized and split out.
From the Wikipedia article “Common bottlenose dolphin”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean.
Common names
Also known in English as Bottle-nosed Dolphin, bottle-nosed dophin, common bottle-nosed dolphin, Bottlenosed Dolphin, Bottlenose Dolphin, Cowfish.
Names in other languages (11)
- Arabic
- دلفين شائع قاروري الأنف
- Chinese
- 瓶鼻海豚
- French
- Dauphin souffleur, grand dauphin, grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez, Souffleur, Tursiops
- German
- Flaschennasendelfin, Grosse Tümmler, Grosstümmler, Großer Tümmler, Großtümmler
- Indonesian
- Lumba-lumba hidung botol
- Japanese
- ハンドウイルカ
- Persian
- دلفین پوزهبطری
- Portuguese
- golfinho-comum
- Russian
- Афалина
- Spanish
- Delfín Mular, Delfín nariz de botella, Delfín tonina, Pez Mular, Tursión
- Turkish
- Afalina
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q174199, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Common bottlenose dolphin”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026