Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status Author Jo, Yeong-Seok Author Baccus, John T. Author Koprowski, John L. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-19 4522 1 1 216 journal article 27944 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1 58e0c7c5-75ec-4b1b-beb0-d01527f710f9 1175-5326 2610198 C24EFA8A-A5A0-4B06-A0A9-632F542B9529 Tursiops truncatus ( Montagu, 1821 ) —Common Bottlenose Dolphin Delphinus truncatus Montagu, 1821 p.75 ; Type locality- England , UK . Tursiops gillii Dall, 1873 p.13 ; Type locality- Monterey , California , US . Tursiops nuuanu Andrews , 191b 1 p. 233; Type locality- Pacific ( 12°N , 120°W ) T. truncates : Kuroda, 1938 p.17 ; Kim et al ., 2000 p.100 ; Kim, 2004 p.245 . Range: Tursiops truncatus inhabits waters near the Korean Peninsula and has no overlap with the range of T. aduncus in the waters off Jeju Island ( Kim 2004; Fig. 102 ). Remarks: The Genus Tursiops has a controversial taxonomy. Several previously described species of bottlenose dolphins had wide distributions and variations in morphological characteristics. Tursiops truncates , a widespread species, was comprised of both near shore and offshore forms ( Hoelzel 1998 ; Rice 1998 ). It belongs to a complex of several species with substantial genetic differences, even among neighboring populations, such as offshore and coastal forms in the North Atlantic Ocean ( Hammond et al. 2012 ).