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Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin

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The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) is a species of bottlenose dolphin found in the waters of the Indo-Pacific, including around India, northern Australia, southern China, the Red Sea and eastern Africa, generally in near shore environments. It grows to about 2.6 meters and up to 230 kilograms, with young born 0.84 to 1.5 meters long, a darker gray back, a lighter belly with distinctive spots, and more teeth than the common bottlenose dolphin, with 23 to 29 teeth on each side of each jaw. It feeds on a wide variety of fish and cephalopods, particularly squid, with fish making up about 87 percent of its diet, and is classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN, made vulnerable by its dependence on coastal habitat exposed to degradation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Piscivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Tursiops aduncus 3
Conservation Status
Near Threatened 2
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Child Taxon Of

Tursiops, Taxa
Source Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Wikidata)
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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Wikipedia: Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    It lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China, the Red Sea, and the eastern coast of Africa.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = NT
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3. Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q370597 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): near threatened.
  • Child Taxon Of: Tursiops, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q149069 (Tursiops)
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Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Wikipedia)
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