School Post: Difference between dolphins and Porpoises!

           Dolphins

• Dolphins tend to have longer noses
• They have bigger mouths
• More curved dorsal fins
• And and a longer, leaner body
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• Porpoises

• Porpoises have smaller flippers
• They don't have a beak
• The fins are a smaller triangle shape
• They are usually shorter than dolphins

          Species:             Latin Name:                 Meaning of name:      

Bottle nose Dolphin     Torsiops                        Shortend

Dusky Dolphin     Lagenorhynchus Obscurus  Dark

Risso's Dolphin    Grampus Griseus                 Big Fish

Striped Dolphin    Stenella Coeruleoalba          Blue and White

Peale's Dolphin     Lagenorhynchus Australis   Black Chinned