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Lagenorhynchus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Subclass:Eutheria
Order:Cetacea
Suborder:Odontoceti
Family:Delphinidae
Genus:Lagenorhynchus

Lagenorhynchus is a genus in the order cetacea containing six closely related species. These are

The name Lagenorhynchus derives from the Latin lagenos meaning bottle and rhynchus meaning beak. Indeed the "bottle-nose" is a characteristic of this genus. However the dolphins that have attained the comon name Bottlenose Dolphin belong in the genus Tursiops.

See the individual species articles for further details.





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