Risso's dolphin
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| phylum | Chordata | Risso's dolphin is the only species of the genus Grampus. Length is typically 10 feet (3.0 m), although specimens may reach 13 feet (4.0 m). Like most dolphins, males are typically slightly larger than females. This species weighs 300–500 kilograms (660–1,100 lb), making it the largest species called "dolphin".
They are found nearly worldwide, from cold and temperate to tropical waters, in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, as well as parts of the Baltic Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean, North and Red Seas For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Oceanic dolphins |
| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Cetacea | |
| suborder | Odontoceti | |
| family | Delphinidae | |
| genus | Grampus | |
| species | G. griseus |
