Northern Ireland Priority species (NIPS)

MAMMALIA : Cetartiodactyla : DelphinidaeMAMMALS

Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)

Bottlenose dolphin

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Tursiops truncatus
 Tursiops truncatus : Large Map

Distribution Map from NBN: Tursiops truncatus at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Tursiops truncatus at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Tursiops truncatus at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821). AphiaID: 137111.

Classification: Biota; Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Gnathostomata; Tetrapoda; Mammalia; Theria; Cetartiodactyla; Cetancodonta; Cetacea; Odontoceti; Delphinidae; Tursiops

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  (2026). Tursiops truncatus. (Montagu, 1821). [In] Priority species, Marine Biodiversity Portal NI.
https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/priorityaccounts.php?item=ZK530. Accessed on 2026-07-28