---
title: "Tamanend's Bottlenose Dolphin"
description: "Tursiops erebennus — Mammiferi. Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin is a species of bottlenose dolphin that inhabits coastal waters in the eastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/tamanend-s-bottlenose-dolphin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tamanend's Bottlenose Dolphin

> Tursiops erebennus — Mammiferi. Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin is a species of bottlenose dolphin that inhabits coastal waters in the eastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Tursiops erebennus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4298
- Wikidata: [Q121222034](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121222034)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1562178](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1562178)

## Names

- en: Tamanend's Bottlenose Dolphin
- de: Tamanends Großer Tümmler
- es: Delfín Mular de Tamanend

## Countries with the most observations

US (4148)

## Summary

Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin is a species of bottlenose dolphin that inhabits coastal waters in the eastern United States. This species was previously considered a nearshore variant of the common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamanend's_bottlenose_dolphin

## Photo

![Tamanend's Bottlenose Dolphin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tamanend-s-bottlenose-dolphin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Conway Hawn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165826974

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tamanend-s-bottlenose-dolphin?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).