Trusted wildlife guides

Family Delphinidae

Animals in the family Delphinidae on Global Animal Guide. The guide features 2 species in this family — each profile answers the most-searched questions first.

Bottlenose dolphin leaping out of sparkling blue ocean water

Least Concern

Mammal

Bottlenose Dolphin

One of the ocean's most intelligent animals

Orca killer whale breaching out of the ocean with a burst of spray

Data Deficient

Mammal

Orca

The ocean's top predator