"Dolphins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Mammals of the families Delphinidae (ocean dolphins), Iniidae, Lipotidae, Pontoporiidae, and Platanistidae (all river dolphins). Among the most well-known species are the BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN and the KILLER WHALE (a dolphin). The common name dolphin is applied to small cetaceans having a beaklike snout and a slender, streamlined body, whereas PORPOISES are small cetaceans with a blunt snout and rather stocky body. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, pp978-9)
Descriptor ID |
D004289
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MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.189.267
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Concept/Terms |
Chinese River Dolphin- Chinese River Dolphin
- River Dolphin, Chinese
- Baiji
- Yangtze River Dolphin
- Dolphin, Yangtze River
- Lipotes vexillifer
Fraser's Dolphin- Fraser's Dolphin
- Fraser Dolphin
- Frasers Dolphin
- Lagenodelphis hosei
Ganges Dolphin- Ganges Dolphin
- Dolphin, Ganges
- Ganges River Dolphin
- Dolphin, Ganges River
- Planista gangetica
La Plata Dolphin- La Plata Dolphin
- Dolphin, La Plata
- Pontoporia blainvillei
- Franciscana
Ocean Dolphins- Ocean Dolphins
- Dolphin, Ocean
- Dolphins, Ocean
- Ocean Dolphin
- Marine Dolphins
- Dolphin, Marine
- Dolphins, Marine
- Marine Dolphin
- Delphinidae
Sousa- Sousa
- Humpback Dolphins
- Dolphin, Humpback
- Dolphins, Humpback
- Humpback Dolphin
Tucuxi Dolphin- Tucuxi Dolphin
- Dolphin, Tucuxi
- Dolphins, Tucuxi
- Tucuxi Dolphins
- Sotalia fluviatilis
Whale, False Killer- Whale, False Killer
- Pseudorca crassidens
- False Killer Whale
- False Killer Whales
- Killer Whale, False
- Killer Whales, False
Whale, Melon-Headed- Whale, Melon-Headed
- Melon-Headed Whales
- Whale, Melon Headed
- Whales, Melon-Headed
- Melon-Headed Whale
- Melon Headed Whale
- Peponocephala electra
- Many-Toothed Blackfish
Whale, Pygmy Killer- Whale, Pygmy Killer
- Killer Whale, Pygmy
- Killer Whales, Pygmy
- Pygmy Killer Whales
- Whales, Pygmy Killer
- Feresa attenuata
- Pygmy Killer Whale
White-Beaked Dolphins- White-Beaked Dolphins
- White Beaked Dolphins
- White-Beaked Dolphin
- Lagenorhynchus albirostris
White-Sided Dolphins- White-Sided Dolphins
- White Sided Dolphins
- White-Sided Dolphin
- Langenorhynchus obliquidens
- Lagenorhynchus acutus
Amazon Dolphins- Amazon Dolphins
- Dolphins, Amazon
- Inia geoffrensis
- Amazon River Dolphins
- Dolphins, Amazon River
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