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Large mammals
Common bottlenose dolphin
Common bottlenose dolphin · Tursiops truncatus
The common bottlenose dolphin glides with powerful leaps through shallow coastal waters and is considered a curious and adaptable dolphin.
Fact file
- Size
- Between 2 and 4 metres long, weighing up to 650 kilograms.
- Males and females
- Females are usually smaller, with hardly any visible differences.
- Sounds
- Rich range of clicks, whistles and calls for communication.
- Diet
- Fish, squid and crustaceans, hunted in groups or alone.
- Offspring
- After a gestation period of around 12 months a single calf is born.
How to identify Common bottlenose dolphin
The common bottlenose dolphin has a sturdy, streamlined body with a strong grey back and usually a somewhat lighter underside. Typical features are the distinctive, sickle-shaped dorsal fin in the middle of the back and the short, powerful snout that looks like a ‚bottle neck‘.
Adult common bottlenose dolphins reach a length of 2 to 4 metres and a weight of 150 to 650 kilograms. Young animals are darker and lighter than the adults. Compared to other dolphins these animals are noticeably large and powerfully built.
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