How Many Species Of Dolphins Are In The World

How many Species of Dolphins
are in the World?

How many species of dolphins are in the world?

According to some sources, there are 41 species of dolphins which belong to the family delphinade of oceanic dolphins.

They are:

Long-Beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus capensis
Short-Beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis
Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops aduncus
Northern Rightwhale Dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis
Southern Rightwhale Dolphin, Lissiodelphis peronii
Tucuxi, Sotalia fluviatilis
Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin, Sousa chinensis
Chinese White Dolphin (the Chinese variant), Sousa chinensis chinensis
Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin, Sousa teuszii
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Clymene Dolphin, Stenella clymene
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Stenella attenuata
Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris
Striped Dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
Rough-Toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis
Chilean Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus eutropia
Commerson's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii
Heaviside's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
Hector's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori
Risso's Dolphin, Grampus griseus
Fraser's Dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus
Dusky Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Hourglass Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger
Pacific White-Sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Peale's Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis
White-Beaked Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Australian Snubfin Dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni
Irrawaddy Dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris
Melon-headed Whale, Peponocephala electra
Killer Whale (Orca), Orcinus orca
Pygmy Killer Whale, Feresa attenuata
False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens
Long-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melas
Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
Boto (Amazon River Dolphin), Inia geoffrensis
Chinese River Dolphin (Baiji), Lipotes vexillifer (considered functionally extinct)
Ganges River Dolphin, Platanista gangetica
Indus River Dolphin, Platanista minor
La Plata Dolphin (Franciscana), Pontoporia blainvillei

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