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Delphinus delphis tropicalis  van Bree, 1971
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1116971

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Delphinus tropicalis van Bree, 1971
  
    Delphinus longirostris G. Cuvier, 1929
  
    Delphinus dussumieri Blanford, 1888
  
    Delphinus capensis tropicalis van Bree, 1971
  
  Common Name(s): Indo-Pacific common dolphin [English]
  
    Malabar saddleback dolphin [English]
  
    Malabar common dolphin [English]
  
    Arabian saddleback dolphin [English]
  
    Arabian saddle-backed dolphin [English]
  
    Arabian common dolphin [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCetacea Brisson, 1762 – baleines, cétacés, dauphins, mammfères marins, marsouins, baleia, cetáceo, golfinho, cetaceans, whales, dolphins, marine mammals, porpoises  
                                  SuborderOdontoceti Flower, 1867 – toothed whales  
                                     FamilyDelphinidae Gray, 1821 – dolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, marine dolphins  
                                        GenusDelphinus Linnaeus, 1758 – common dolphins  
                                           SpeciesDelphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 – saddle-backed dolphin, common dolphin, Short-beaked Common Dolphin, short-beaked saddle-backed dolphin, Short-beaked Saddleback Dolphin, Delfín común  
                                              SubspeciesDelphinus delphis tropicalis van Bree, 1971 – Indo-Pacific common dolphin, Malabar saddleback dolphin, Malabar common dolphin, Arabian saddleback dolphin, Arabian saddle-backed dolphin, Arabian common dolphin  
       

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  Source: List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies, website (version Aug 2018)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Committee on Taxonomy. 2018. List of marine mammal species and subspecies. Society for Marine Mammalogy, www.marinemammalscience.org, consulted on 16 April 2019   
  Reference for: Delphinus delphis tropicalis, Indo-Pacific common dolphin [English]   
       
  Source: List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies (2023), website (version Nov 2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Committee on Taxonomy. 2023. List of marine mammal species and subspecies. Society for Marine Mammalogy, www.marinemammalscience.org, consulted on 13 Nov 2023   
  Reference for: Delphinus delphis tropicalis, Indo-Pacific common dolphin [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cunha, Haydée A., Rocio Loizaga de Castro, Eduardo R. Secchi, Enrique A. Crespo, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular and Morphological Differentiation of Common Dolphins (Delphinus sp.) in the Southwestern Atlantic: Testing the Two Species Hypothesis in Sympatry   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE, vol. 10, no. 11   
  Page(s): 1-15   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140251   
  Reference for: Delphinus delphis tropicalis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Indo-West Pacific  
       
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