🐬Short-beaked Common Dolphin
The common dolphin is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with an estimated global population of about six million. It is currently the only member of the genus Delphinus, the type genus of the subfamily Delphininae. This places it as a close relative of the bottlenose dolphin, humpback dolphin, striped dolphin, spinner dolphin, Clymene dolphin, spotted dolphin, Fraser's dolphin, the tucuxi, and the Guiana dolphin.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 78 kg
- Body length
- 2.52 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 29 years
Everything we know about the Short-beaked Common Dolphin
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass78 kgrecord 135 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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Figures vary
- 80 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length2.52 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female2.3 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Figures vary
- 2.6 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Brain mass796 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan29 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 25 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length9.71 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity4.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation297 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 301 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l78 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Short-beaked Common Dolphin yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCetacea
- ›familyDelphinidae
- ›genusDelphinus
- ›speciesDelphinus delphis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
- genusDelphinus
All 15 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderWhippomorpha
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
- familyDelphinidae
- genusDelphinus
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