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MARINE MAMMALS
PANTROPICAL SPOTTED DOLPHIN (Stenella attenuata) < 2.5 m / 8 ft
 he  ointed  ea  has a distincti el   hite ti .  ar   atch around e es.  ar er or coastal indi iduals de elo  s ots.
SHORT-FINNED PILOT WHALE (Globicephala macrorhynchus) < 7.3 m / 24 ft  ul ous head  ith no  ea .  he cur ed dorsal  n has a distincti el  lon   ase.  od  thic  at the  ase of the tail.
ORCA
(Orcinus orca) < 7.9 m / 26 ft
 istincti e  hite  atches  near the e es  under the chin and on the belly towards the tail. Rarely seen, pelagic.
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus) < 3.7 m / 12 ft
 o ust  ra   od   ith a short  ea .  he dorsal  n is hi hl  cur ed and the  ectoral  ns are shar l   ointed.
SPINNER DOLPHIN
(Stenella longirostris) < 2.1 m / 7 ft Elongated body with a long pointed beak. Gray with a  hite  ell .  ar  strea  a o e and  ehind the e es.
FALSE KILLER WHALE (Pseudorca crassidens) < 6 m / 20 ft
Dark gray with a long tapering forehead. Sickle-shaped dorsal  n and lon  narro   ectoral  ns  ith  ointed ti s.
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