Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combination: Tursiops cortesii astensis

Full reference: F. Sacco. 1891. Sopra un cranio di Tursiops cortesii (Desm.) var astensis Sacc. dell'Astigiana. R. Accademia delle scienze di Torino 26:703-712

Belongs to Tursiops according to L. G. Barnes 1990

See also Pilleri 1985, Sacco 1891, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: Delphinus caerulescens, Delphinus perniger, Tursiops aduncus, Tursiops brochii, Tursiops erebennus, Tursiops osennae, Tursiops subridens, Tursiops truncatus

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tursiops astensis in the database

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