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Second largest EQ after humans? Not so[edit]

The statement "Bottlenose dolphins have the second largest encephalization levels of any mammal on Earth (humans have the largest)" is simply untrue if we look to the reference cited [9]. Tursiops truncatus is given EQ of 4.14 - there are 3 other dolphins with higher EQs: Delphinus delphis 4.26, Lagenorhybchus obliquidens 4.55 and Sotalia fluviatilis 4.56.

90.156.8.114 (talk) 21:16, 2 November 2017 (UTC)Ramond[reply]

That was for dolphins in general. DolphinLover300 (talk) 21:53, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Embarrassment[edit]

If we want to protect the article from editing because it's so vital and colossally sacrosanct, could we at least make sure the text is SPELLED correctly? I am unfamiliar with, e.g., the word ECHOS, though I have heard of ECHOES. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:589:4B00:7AB:38D9:750B:4B20:AF3A (talk) 11:13, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

New species proposed[edit]

A new Tursiops species has been proposed in the coastal United States which was previously grouped under Tursiops truncatus. The new name proposed is Tursiops erebennus (from a resurrected synonymy Delphinus erebennus, Cope 1865) common name proposed is Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin. Here is the paper: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac025/6585199 and here is a press release: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/bottlenose-dolphins-along-east-coast-proposed-be-different-species. Potentially should be added here? As well as get a species page? Xarzin (talk) 16:30, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]