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Steno bredanensis (Rough-toothed dolphin)

rough porpoise, rough-toothed porpoise, black porpoise, steno, slopehead [English]; Growwetand-dolfyn [Afrikaans]; Langschnauziger Delphin, Langschnauzendelphin [German]; dauphin à dents rugueses, dauphin à  bec étroit, dauphin à long bec, steno rostré [French]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans) > Whippomorpha > Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises) > Family: Delphinidae

Steno bredanensis (Rough-toothed dolphin)

Rough-toothed dolphin (location unknown). [photo Anthony Pierce ©]