Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)

Also known as:	Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
French:	Grand Dauphin De L'Océan Indien
Spanish:	Delfin Mular Del Oceano Indico

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetartiodactyla
Family	Delphinidae
Genus	Tursiops (1)

Classified as Data deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (2).

Information on the Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

This information is awaiting authentication by a species expert, and will be updated as soon as possible. If you are able to help please contact:
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1. IUCN Red List (September, 2008)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org/
2. CITES (September, 2008)
   http://www.cites.org