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What is an Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin’s taxonomic classification?

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What is an Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin’s taxonomic classification?

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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) Phylum: Chordata (Chordates) Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates) Class: Mamalia (Mammals) Order: Cetacea (Cetaceans) Suborder: Odonoceti (Odontocetes) Family: Delphinidae (Marine Dolphins) Genus: Tursiops Species: truncatus Tursiops truncatus (bottlenose dolphins) are cetaceans. The Order Cetacea is further divided into two suborders, Odontoceti (toothed whales) and Mysticeti (baleen whales). Mysticetes do not have teeth but have baleen plates suspended from the roof of their mouth and have two nasal openings (blowholes). Odontocetes (which include bottlenose dolphins) have anywhere from 2-250 teeth and a single nasal opening.

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