Dolphins

Introduction: Dolphins

Description of Dolphins

Dolphins: 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).
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Dolphins:

Terms Similar to Dolphins:

• Amazon Dolphins
• Baiji
• Cephalorhynchus
• Chinese River Dolphin
• Delphinidae
• False Killer Whale
• Franciscana
• Fraser's Dolphin
• Ganges Dolphin
• Gray Grampus
• Humpback Dolphins
• Irrawaddy River Dolphin
• La Plata Dolphin
• Lagenorhynchus
• Lissodelphis
• Many-Toothed Blackfish
• Marine Dolphins
• Melon-Headed Whale
• Ocean Dolphins
• Piebald Dolphins
• Platanista
• Pontoporia blainvillei
• Pygmy Killer Whale
• Right Whale Dolphins
• Risso's Dolphin
• Rough-Toothed Dolphin
• Sousa
• Susus
• Tucuxi Dolphin
• Whale, False Killer
• Whale, Melon-Headed
• Whale, Pygmy Killer
• White-Beaked Dolphins
• White-Sided Dolphins

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Dolphins:

• Bottle-Nosed Dolphin
• Whale, Killer
• Whales, Pilot
• Common Dolphins
• Stenella

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Dolphins

• Cetacea

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Dolphins

The following list attempts to classify Dolphins into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Animals
  • Chordata
    • Vertebrates
      • Mammals
        • Cetacea
          • Dolphins

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