Delphinidae


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Noun1.Delphinidae - dolphins
family Delphinidae
mammal family - a family of mammals
Odontoceti, suborder Odontoceti - toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales
dolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
genus Delphinus, Delphinus - type genus of the Delphinidae
genus Tursiops, Tursiops - a genus of Delphinidae
genus Phocoena, Phocoena - porpoises
genus Grampus - grampus
genus Orcinus, Orcinus - killer whales
genus Globicephala, Globicephala - pilot whales
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A member of the family Delphinidae of toothed whales, spinners have a long thin snout and can spin multiple times in one leap, which can be nearly 10 feet high.
Efforts on to save dolphin stranded in Clifton's shallow waters in Karachi
Lobomycosis: an emerging disease in humans and delphinidae. Mycoses.
Lobomycosis in Soldiers, Colombia
The families include Ancistrocheiridae (ANC), Argonautidae (ARG), Bolitaenidae (BOL), Chiroteuthidae (CHI), Coryphaenidae (COR), Cranchiidae (CRA), Delphinidae (DEL), Engraulidae (ENG), Enoploteuthidae (ENO), Enteroctopodidae (ENT), Galatheidae (GAL), Gonatidae (GON), Histioteuthidae (HIS), Loliginidae (LOL), Macrouridae (MAC), Mastigoteuthidae (MAS), Merlucciidae (MER), Myctophidae (MYC), Octopodidae (OCD), Octopoteuthidae (OCT), Oeogopsidae (OEO), Ommastrephidae (OMA), Onychoteuthidae (ONY), Pholidoteuthidae (PHO), Scombridae (SCO), Sphyraenidae (SPH), Thysanoteuthidae (THY), Tremoctopodidae (TRE), Vampyroteuthidae (VAM), and Vitreledonellidae (VIT).
Food habits of the blue shark, Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758), in waters off northern Peru
281 214 21 Camelidae 26 19 2 Delphinidae 6 3 1 Otariidae 8 8 2 Cricetidae 12 12 2 Pelecanus sp.
UN ENCLAVE ARCAICO TARDIO EN LA AGUADA COSTERA DE GUALAGUALA (DESIERTO DE ATACAMA, NORTE DE CHILE)
Behaviour of Sotalia guianensis (Van Beneden, 1864) (Cetacea, Delphinidae) and ethnoecological knowledge of artisanal fishermen from Canavieiras, Bahia, Brazil.
Behavioral responses of Sotalia guianensis (Cetartiodactyla, Delphinidae) to boat approaches in northeast Brazil
Avistamientos del delfin manchado, Stenella attenuata (Cetacea: Delphinidae) en Bahia Culebra, Costa Rica, 1999-2000.
Coastal development and marine ecosystems in Culebra Bay, Guanacaste, Costa Rica/Desarrollo costero y ambientes marino-costeros en Bahia Culebra, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Delphinids (Delphinidae) represent one of the most social and complex groups of mammals, which have cognitive competencies present just in some mammal species (Whitehead et al.
Population estimation, distribution, and habitat preference of Irrawaddy dolphins Orcaella brevirostris (Owen in Gray, 1866) in the Brunei Bay, Malaysian waters
Habitat use by marine tucuxis (Sotalia guianensis) (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in Guanabara Bay, South-Eastern Brazil.
Habitat Preference and Behaviour of the Guiana Dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) in a Well-Preserved Estuary off Southern Brazil
Behavior of short-finned pilot whales Globicephala macrorhynchus (Gray, 1846) (Mammalia: Cetartiodactyla: Delphinidae) in the southeastern Arabian Sea.
Description of two new surface behaviors in the antlion Vella americana Drury (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)
Age and growth of the estuarine dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) (Cetacea, Delphinidae) on the Parana coast, southern Brazil.
Variation of age and total length in Sotalia guianensis (Van Beneden, 1864) (Cetacea, Delphinidae), on the coast of Espirito Santo state, Brazil/ Variacao etaria e de comprimento total de Sotalia guianensis (Van Beneden, 1864) (Cetacea, Delphinidae), no Litoral do Espirito Santo, Brasil
Interacoes com a pesca de espinhel e informacoes sobre a dieta alimentar de orca, Orcinus arca Linnaeus 1758 (Cetacea, Delphinidae), no sul do Brasil.
Evidencias de un ataque de orca a una cria de ballena franca austral en el sur de Brasil
Los Cetaceos en terminos de abundancia, diversidad de especies y distribucion son de los grupos mas importantes de mamiferos acuaticos (Vaughan), siendo la familia Delphinidae el grupo mas abundante y diverso.
Plastination and Anatomy Description of Organs of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)/Plastinacion y Descripcion Anatomica de Higado, Bazo, Estomago y Rinones del Delfin Nariz de Botella (Tursiops truncatus)

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