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Mississippi Symbols, Water Mammal: Bottlenose Dolphin
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Bottlenose Dolphin
(Tursiops truncatus)
Adopted on April 12, 1974.
The Bottlenosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) as the State Water Mammal was approved April 12, 1974. Bottlenose dolphins are small, toothed whales that have a long, beaklike snout, a sickle-shaped dorsal fin, and sharp teeth. Dolphins breathe air through a single blowhole. They grow to be at most 12 feet (3.3 m) long. Dolphins live in small groups of up to 12 whales; these groups are called pods. Bottlenose dolphins have a life span of about 25 years.
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Animalia -- animals |
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Chordata -- chordates |
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Vertebrata -- vertebrates |
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Mammalia |
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