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Mammals of the families Delphinidae (ocean dolphins), Iniidae, Lipotidae, Pontoporiidae, and Platanistidae (all river dolphins). Among the most well-known species are the BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN and the KILLER WHALE (a dolphin). The common name dolphin is applied to small cetaceans having a beaklike snout and a slender, streamlined body, whereas PORPOISES are small cetaceans with a blunt snout and rather stocky body. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, pp978-9)
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- Dolphin
- Amazon Dolphins
- Amazon River Dolphins
- Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins
- Baiji
- Cephalorhynchus
- Chinese River Dolphin
- Delphinidae
- False Killer Whale
- Feresa attenuata
- Franciscana
- Fraser's Dolphin
- Ganges Dolphin
- Ganges River Dolphin
- Grampus griseus
- Gray Grampus
- Humpback Dolphins
- Inia geoffrensis
- Irrawaddy River Dolphin
- La Plata Dolphin
- Lagenodelphis hosei
- Lagenorhynchus
- Lagenorhynchus acutus
- Lagenorhynchus albirostris
- Langenorhynchus obliquidens
- Lipotes vexillifer
- Lissodelphis
- Many-Toothed Blackfish
- Marine Dolphins
- Melon-Headed Whale
- Ocean Dolphins
- Orcaella brevirostris
- Pacific White-Sided Dolphins
- Peponocephala electra
- Piebald Dolphins
- Planista gangetica
- Platanista
- Pontoporia blainvillei
- Pseudorca crassidens
- Pygmy Killer Whale
- Right Whale Dolphins
- Risso's Dolphin
- Rough-Toothed Dolphin
- Sotalia fluviatilis
- Sousa
- Steno bredanensis
- Susus
- Tucuxi Dolphin
- Whale, False Killer
- Whale, Melon-Headed
- Whale, Pygmy Killer
- White-Beaked Dolphins
- Yangtze River Dolphin
- Atlantic White Sided Dolphins
- Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
- Baijus
- Dolphin, Fraser's
- False Killer Whales
- Franciscanas
- Fraser Dolphin
- Frasers Dolphin
- Humpback Dolphin
- Lagenodelphis hoseus
- Lagenorhynchus albirostri
- Langenorhynchus obliquiden
- Lissodelphi
- Many Toothed Blackfish
- Marine Dolphin
- Melon Headed Whale
- Melon-Headed Whales
- Ocean Dolphin
- Orcaella brevirostri
- Pacific White Sided Dolphins
- Pacific White-Sided Dolphin
- Piebald Dolphin
- Planista gangeticas
- Platanistas
- Pontoporia blainvilleus
- Pseudorca crassiden
- Pygmy Killer Whales
- Right Whale Dolphin
- Risso Dolphin
- Rissos Dolphin
- Rough Toothed Dolphin
- Rough-Toothed Dolphins
- Sotalia fluviatili
- Tucuxi Dolphins
- White Beaked Dolphins
- White-Beaked Dolphin
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.
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do not confuse with DOLPHIN FISH see PERCIFORMES; note "whale" entry terms: these are common misnomers and are taxonomically DOLPHINS not WHALES
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1968
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- Cetacea (1966-1967)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Dolphins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004289. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004289
- Dolphins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin
- Dolphins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7369