BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

(Tursiops truncatus)

 

 

Basic Information: Description and Habitat

Social Spacing

Social System

Mating System

Epimeletic Behavior

References

 

 

A captive bottlenose dolphin performs a spy hop. Photo courtesy of David Hofmann.

Davidson College

Biology Department

Animal Behavior Homepage

 

This webpage was completed by Wendy Adams in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Biology 323, Animal Behavior, at Davidson College in the Spring Semester of 2002.

For comments and questions, please email vecase@davidson.edu