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Dolphins
Dolphins are marine mammals. They are closely related to whales and porpoises.
There are forty species of dolphin in seventeen genera. Dolphins are very intelligent animals and have been known to rescue people who have been under attack from sharks.
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List of dolphins
amazon river dolphin
atlantic white-sided dolphin
Bottlenose Dolphin
Commerson's Dolphin
common dolphin
dusky dolphin
spotted dolphin
Dolphin species
| Long-Beaked Common Dolphin | Delphinus capensis |
| Short-Beaked Common Dolphin | Delphinus delphis |
| Common Bottlenose Dolphin | Tursiops truncatus |
| Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin | Tursiops aduncus |
| Northern Rightwhale Dolphin | Lissodelphis borealis |
| Southern Rightwhale Dolphin | Lissodelphis peronii |
| Tucuxi | Sotalia fluviatilis |
| Costero | Sotalia guianensis |
| Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin | Sousa chinensis |
| Chinese White Dolphin (the Chinese variant) | Sousa chinensis chinensis |
| Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin | Sousa teuszii |
| Atlantic Spotted Dolphin | Stenella frontalis |
| Clymene Dolphin | Stenella clymene |
| Pantropical Spotted Dolphin | Stenella attenuata |
| Spinner Dolphin | Stenella longirostris |
| Striped Dolphin | Stenella coeruleoalba |
| Rough-Toothed Dolphin | Steno bredanensis |
| Chilean Dolphin | Cephalorhynchus eutropia |
| Commerson's Dolphin | Cephalorhynchus commersonii |
| Heaviside's Dolphin | Cephalorhynchus heavisidii |
| Hector's Dolphin | Cephalorhynchus hectori |
| Risso's Dolphin | Grampus griseus |
| Fraser's Dolphin | Lagenodelphis hosei |
| Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin | Lagenorhynchus acutus |
| Dusky Dolphin | Lagenorhynchus obscurus |
| Hourglass Dolphin | Lagenorhynchus cruciger |
| Pacific White-Sided Dolphin | Lagenorhynchus obliquidens |
| Peale's Dolphin | Lagenorhynchus australis |
| White-Beaked Dolphin | Lagenorhynchus albirostris |
| Australian Snubfin Dolphin | Orcaella heinsohni |
| Irrawaddy Dolphin | Orcaella brevirostris |
| Melon-headed Whale | Peponocephala electra |
| Killer Whale (Orca) | Orcinus orca |
| Pygmy Killer Whale | Feresa attenuata |
| False Killer Whale | Pseudorca crassidens |
| Long-finned Pilot Whale | Globicephala melas |
| Short-finned Pilot Whale | Globicephala macrorhynchus |
| Ganges and Indus River Dolphin | Platanista gangetica with two subspecies |
| Ganges River Dolphin (or Susu) | Platanista gangetica gangetica |
| Indus River Dolphin (or Bhulan) | Platanista gangetica minor |
| Amazon River Dolphin (or Boto) | Inia geoffrensis |
| Baiji (or Chinese River Dolphin) | Lipotes vexillifer |
| La Plata Dolphin (or Franciscana) | Pontoporia blainvillei |
| Melon-headed Whale | Peponocephala electra |
| Killer Whale (Orca) | Orcinus orca |
| Pygmy Killer Whale | Feresa attenuata |
| False Killer Whale | Pseudorca crassidens |
| Long-finned Pilot Whale | Globicephala melas |
| Short-finned Pilot Whale | Globicephala macrorhynchus |
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