Common Name
Bottlenose Dolphin
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Delphinidae
Species Name
Tursiops truncatus
Status
Data deficient
States
Alabama
California
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Distribution
Worldwide: temperate to tropical waters, including the Black Sea
Notes
Attracted to boats and often bow-rides or travels at the stern. Sometimes acrobatic when feeding. Habitat is coastal, shelf and offshore waters, with separate populations in inshore and pelagic waters.