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Stenella attenuata (Pantropical
spotted dolphin)
spotted dolphin, white-spotted dolphin, spotted
porpoise, spotter, sharpbeaked dolphin, narrow-snouted dolphin, slender-beaked
dolphin, bridled dolphin, slender dolphin, Cape dolphin [English]; gevlekte
dolfyn [Afrikaans]; pfeilschneller Delphin, Schneller Delphin, Schabracken
Delphin [German]; dauphin à petites pectorales, gamin, dauphin veloce [French]
Life
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Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) >
Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost
fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia
(terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia
> Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals)
> Placentalia (placental mammals) >
Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and
cetaceans) > Whippomorpha > Cetacea (whales, dolphins and
porpoises) > Family: Delphinidae
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Pan-tropical spotted dolphin, Gulf of Mexico. [photo
Mike Grimes ©] |
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