Common Dolphins
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| Scientific name | Delphinus |
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| Family | Delphinidae |
| Length | Short-beaked common dolphin |
| Speed | Short-beaked common dolphin |
| Mass | Short-beaked common dolphin |
| Did you know | Common dolphins travel in groups of around 10 – 50 in number and frequently gather into schools containing 100 to 2000 individuals. |
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| ID | 1448498 |
About Common Dolphins
The common dolphin is the name given to two species of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus. Taxonomists and cetologists usually recognise two species — the short-beaked common dolphin, which retains the systematic name Delphinus delphis, and the long-beaked common dolphin D. capensis.
Second dolphin dies in inland Cambridgeshire river
... Two Common Dolphins had been spotted in the river at King s Lynn in Norfolk and then near Huntingdon, last week...
Cambridgeshire: Dolphin dies after inland rescue effort
... The river runs off the River Great Ouse, where a pair of Common Dolphins near Huntingdon, this week...
'Dolphin snot' used to look at health of pod off Gower
... Lots of Common Dolphins also come close to shore in summer, off Gower, Pembrokeshire and Cardigan Bay...
Stranded whales: Numbers on the rise around UK shores
... Accidental entanglement in fishing gear accounted for about one in four deaths of Common Dolphins, and one in 10 for the harbour porpoise...
Common dolphins Photos
