Atlantic white-sided dolphin
| Atlantic white-sided dolphin | |
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| Size compared to an average human | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Delphinidae |
| Genus: | Leucopleurus Gray, 1866 |
| Species: | L. acutus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucopleurus acutus (Gray, 1828)
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| Atlantic white-sided dolphin range | |
The Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Leucopleurus acutus) is a distinctively coloured dolphin found in the cool to temperate waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.