Southern Dolphin
The Southern Big Dolphin or the Indian Pacific Bottled Dolphin is one of the dolphin species belonging to the big dolphin. The dolphin grows up to 2.6 meters in length and weighs 230 kilograms. It lives in India, northern Australia, the southern coast of China, the Red Sea, the eastern coast of Africa, and the coast of Jeju Island. The dorsal side is dark gray, and the stomach side is light gray or close to white with gray spots. Until 1998, large dolphins were regarded as the only dolphins. In 1998, dolphins in the south were recognized as separate species. The southern big dolphins are generally smaller than the big dolphins, the beak is longer and well balanced, and has spots on the belly and on the lower side. In addition, large dolphins have 21 to 24 teeth on each jaw, while southern big dolphins have 23 to 29 more teeth. There is also evidence that southern big dolphins are more closely related to dolphin species in the dolphin and dolphin than common dolphins, especially Atlantic dolphins.