Common bottlenose dolphin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common bottlenose dolphin lives – recorded in 24 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tursiops truncatus
Group	Whales & dolphins
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	24 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Delphinidae

Where does the common bottlenose dolphin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common bottlenose dolphin in 24 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Maracanã, The Bahamas.

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.

Is the common bottlenose dolphin endangered?

The common bottlenose dolphin’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common bottlenose dolphin?

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

About the common bottlenose dolphin

The common bottlenose dolphin or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is one of three species of bottlenose dolphin in the genus Tursiops. While formerly known simply as the bottlenose dolphin, this term is now applied to the genus Tursiops as a whole. As considerable genetic variation has been described within this species, even between neighboring populations, many experts think additional species may be recognized and split out.

The common bottlenose dolphin is a very familiar dolphin due to the wide exposure it receives in captivity in marine parks and dolphinariums, and in movies and television programs. Common bottlenose dolphins inhabit temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world, absent only from polar waters.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common bottlenose dolphin (revision 1366558565), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q174199 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).