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Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenose dolphin)
stompneusdolfyn [Afrikaans]; Grosser Tümmler
[German]; souffleur [French]
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Bottlenose dolphin, near Stewart Island, Foveaux
Strait, New Zealand. [photo Jim Scarff ©] |
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Bottlenose dolphin.
[Illustration Noel Ashton ©] |
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Bottlenose dolphin.
[Illustration Noel Ashton ©] |
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