Tursiops Gervais, 1855

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 150

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571443
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scientific name	Tursiops Gervais, 1855
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The Genus Tursiops was previously viewed as monospecific ( Mead & Brownell 2005). The current taxonomy by Mead and Brownell (2005) includes two species, T. aduncus in Indian and western North Pacific Ocean and T. truncatus with a worldwide distribution. Both species occur in the waters of Korea.