Burrunan dolphin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Burrunan dolphin lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tursiops australis
Group	Whales & dolphins
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Delphinidae

Where does the Burrunan dolphin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Burrunan dolphin in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the Burrunan dolphin?

The Burrunan dolphin (Tursiops australis) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Delphinidae, genus Tursiops. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Burrunan dolphin

The Burrunan dolphin (Tursiops australis) is a proposed species of bottlenose dolphin found in parts of Victoria, Australia first described in 2011. Its exact taxonomy is debated: numerous studies support it as being a separate species within the genus Tursiops and occupying a basal position within the genus, with limited phylogenetic studies using different methodologies indicate that it is a subspecies of the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus). The Burrunan dolphin is not currently recognized as a species by the Society for Marine Mammalogy or American Society of Mammalogists, which cites problematic methodology in the original study proposing species status and recommends further research.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Burrunan dolphin (revision 1368874282), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1016955 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).