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White-beaked dolphin

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White-beaked dolphin

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Also known as Lagenorhynchus albirostris

species of mammal

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The white-beaked dolphin, scientifically known as *Lagenorhynchus albirostris*, is a species of marine mammal. It belongs to the family Delphinidae within the order Cetartiodactyla and class Mammalia. The species was described by Gray in 1846 and is currently accepted as a valid taxon. Its parent taxon is *Lagenorhynchus*.

This dolphin has a gestation period of 10 months. It is also referred to by the common names Delfín De Pico Blanco, Dauphin À Bec Blanc, and Lagénorhynque À Bec Blanc De L'Atlantique. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2018.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, WoRMS, IUCN Red List, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

white-beaked bottlenose

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassMammalia
  3. OrderCetartiodactyla
  4. FamilyDelphinidae
Habitatmarine

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Lagenorhynchus
Image
White beaked dolphin.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
Commons category
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
taxon name
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Commons gallery
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
taxon common name
toliña picublanca
gestation period
10
short name
L. albirostris
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Encyclopedic overview

bow-ridingEyjafjörður, Northeastern Iceland

The white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is a marine mammal belonging to the family Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins) in the suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White-beaked dolphin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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