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    electra), and false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens). Risso's dolphin is named after Antoine Risso, whose study of the animal formed the basis of the recognized...
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    dolphin, striped dolphin, spinner dolphin, Clymene dolphin, spotted dolphin, Fraser's dolphin and the Tucuxi and Guiana dolphin. The common dolphin was...
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    Free Willy and television adaptation Casper, an albino or leucistic Risso's dolphin inhabiting Monterey Bay, California. Pelorus Jack Little Irvy Moby...
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    False killer whale (category Oceanic dolphins)
    family Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins). It is in the subfamily Globicephalinae; its closest living relatives are Risso's dolphin, the melon-headed whale (Peponocephala...
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    The Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) is a species of freshwater dolphin classified in the family Platanistidae. It lives in the Ganges and...
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    The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) is a species of humpback dolphin inhabiting coastal waters of the eastern Indian and western Pacific...
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    Pelorus Jack (category Individual dolphins)
    Pelorus Jack (fl. 1888 – April 1912; pronounced /pəˈlɔːrəs/) was a Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) that was famous for meeting and escorting ships through...
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    Young dolphins communicate with a touch of a flipper as they swim beside adults. Studies conducted on Pacific white-sided dolphins, as well as Risso's dolphin...
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    The Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) is a euryhaline species of oceanic dolphin found in scattered subpopulations near sea coasts and in estuaries...
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    calves. In 1933, three hybrid dolphins beached off the Irish coast; they were hybrids between Risso's and bottlenose dolphins. This mating was later repeated...
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    The common bottlenose dolphin or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is one of three species of bottlenose dolphin in the genus Tursiops...
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    Cetacea (redirect from Whales and dolphins)
    dolphin Beluga whale Pacific white-sided dolphin Risso's dolphin Atlantic white-sided dolphin Narwhal Spotted dolphin Spinner dolphin Common dolphin Harbour...
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    Risso’s dolphins (Grampus griseus) and sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), among others. Data on growth and reproduction of right whale dolphins is...
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  • Risso may refer to: Risso, Uruguay Antoine Risso (1777–1845), French naturalist Risso's dolphin, a species of dolphin named by Antoine Risso Eduardo Risso...
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    observed socializing with common bottlenose dolphins, Atlantic white-sided dolphins and Risso's dolphins. Pilot whales mainly feed on cephalopods, though...
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    needed] Catches in 2007 amounted to 384 striped dolphins, 300 bottlenose dolphins, 312 Risso's dolphins, and 243 southern short finned pilot whales, for...
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    Globicephalinae (category Oceanic dolphins)
    melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra), Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), and the snubfin dolphins (Orcaella spp.). Cunha, H. A.; Moraes, L. C.;...
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    the same genus. Bottlenose dolphins have been known to hybridize with other dolphin species. Hybrids with Risso's dolphin occur both in the wild and in...
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  • extirpated Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) Orca (Orcinus...
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    The Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) is a dolphin found in warm temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Older members of the...
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    The white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is a marine mammal belonging to the family Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins) in the suborder Odontoceti...
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    The Indus river dolphin (Platanista minor) is a species of freshwater dolphin in the family Platanistidae. It is endemic to the Indus River basin in Pakistan...
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    Chilean dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia), also known as the black dolphin, is one of four dolphins in the genus Cephalorhynchus. The dolphin is found...
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    whales, Amazon river dolphins, Risso's dolphins, spinner dolphins, or tucuxi in captivity. Two unusual and very rare hybrid dolphins, known as wholphins...
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    Right whale dolphins are cetaceans belonging to the genus Lissodelphis. It contains the northern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) and the southern...
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    weight. In a single day, a sperm whale can eat 700 to 800 squid, and a Risso's dolphin entangled in a net in the Mediterranean was found to have eaten angel...
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    Orca (category Oceanic dolphins)
    should not be confused with the genus Grampus, whose only member is Risso's dolphin. Orcinus orca is the only recognized extant species in the genus Orcinus...
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  • Stenella Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LC Genus: Grampus Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus LC Genus: Globicephala Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala...
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    The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), also known as the boto, bufeo or pink river dolphin, is a species of toothed whale endemic to South America...
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    Cetacea is an infraorder that comprises the 94 species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises. It is divided into toothed whales (Odontoceti) and baleen whales...
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