The Burrunan dolphin is a proposed species of bottlenose dolphin found in parts of Victoria, Australia first described in 2011. Its exact taxonomy is debated: numerous studies support it as being a se
Burrunan dolphin bow riding in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
Burrunan dolphins in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin is a species of bottlenose dolphin. This dolphin grows to 2.6 m long, and weighs up to 230 kg. It lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China,
Burrunan dolphin
…occupying a basal position within the genus, with limited phylogenetic studies using different methodologies indicate that it is a subspecies of the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus). The Burrunan dolphin is not currently recognized as a species by the Society for Marine Mammalogy or American Society of Mammalogists…
Tursiops aduncus, Port River, Adelaide, Australia 2003
Socializing dolphins in the Red Sea
Dolphin in shallow water at Monkey Mia, Shark Bay, Western Australia