Common Bottlenose Dolphin

The common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) has lungs, but doesn't breathe through its mouth. Instead, toothed whales breathe through a blowhole on top of their head. Read more about dolphins and other toothed whales in our fact sheet.

A common bottlenose dolphin swimming.
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