MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Dolphins
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.267
Unique ID: D004289
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004289
Annotation: do not confuse with DOLPHIN FISH see PERCIFORMES; note "whale" entry terms: these are common misnomers and are taxonomically DOLPHINS not WHALES
Scope Note: Mammals of the families Delphinidae (ocean dolphins), Iniidae, Lipotidae, Pontoporiidae, and Platanistidae (all river dolphins). Among the most well-known species are the BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN and the KILLER WHALE (a dolphin). The common name dolphin is applied to small cetaceans having a beaklike snout and a slender, streamlined body, whereas PORPOISES are small cetaceans with a blunt snout and rather stocky body. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, pp978-9)
Entry Term(s): Amazon Dolphins; Amazon River Dolphins; Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins; Baiji; Cephalorhynchus; Chinese River Dolphin; Delphinidae; False Killer Whale; Feresa attenuata; Franciscana; Fraser's Dolphin; Ganges Dolphin; Ganges River Dolphin; Grampus griseus; Gray Grampus; Humpback Dolphins; Inia geoffrensis; Irrawaddy River Dolphin; La Plata Dolphin; Lagenodelphis hosei; Lagenorhynchus; Lagenorhynchus acutus; Lagenorhynchus albirostris; Langenorhynchus obliquidens; Lipotes vexillifer; Lissodelphis; Many-Toothed Blackfish; Marine Dolphins; Melon-Headed Whale; Ocean Dolphins; Orcaella brevirostris; Pacific White-Sided Dolphins; Peponocephala electra; Piebald Dolphins; Planista gangetica; Platanista; Pontoporia blainvillei; Pseudorca crassidens; Pygmy Killer Whale; Right Whale Dolphins; Risso's Dolphin; Rough-Toothed Dolphin; Sotalia fluviatilis; Sousa; Steno bredanensis; Susus; Tucuxi Dolphin; Whale, False Killer; Whale, Melon-Headed; Whale, Pygmy Killer; White-Beaked Dolphins; Yangtze River Dolphin
Related Numbers: txid103592; txid103594; txid103596; txid103598; txid103599; txid118797; txid27607; txid27609; txid27610; txid27612; txid46167; txid48723; txid48747; txid48750; txid82174; txid83653; txid90246; txid90247; txid9725; txid9726
Previous Indexing: Cetacea (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 1968
History Note: 1968
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Eukaryota [B01]
- Animals [B01.050]
  - Chordata [B01.050.150]
    - Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
      - Mammals [B01.050.150.900.649]
        
        Eutheria [B01.050.150.900.649.313]
        
        Cetacea [B01.050.150.900.649.313.875]
        
        Dolphins [B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.267]
        
        Bottle-Nosed Dolphin [B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.267.100]
        
        Common Dolphins [B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.267.150]
        
        Stenella [B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.267.750]
        
        Whale, Killer [B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.267.900]
        
        Whales, Pilot [B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.267.920]
        
        Porpoises [B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.566]
        
        Whales [B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865]

Dolphins Preferred

Concept UI: M0006711
Related Numbers: txid103592; txid103594; txid103596; txid103598; txid103599; txid118797; txid27607; txid27609; txid27610; txid27612; txid46167; txid48723; txid48747; txid48750; txid82174; txid83653; txid90246; txid90247; txid9725; txid9726
Scope Note: Mammals of the families Delphinidae (ocean dolphins), Iniidae, Lipotidae, Pontoporiidae, and Platanistidae (all river dolphins). Among the most well-known species are the BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN and the KILLER WHALE (a dolphin). The common name dolphin is applied to small cetaceans having a beaklike snout and a slender, streamlined body, whereas PORPOISES are small cetaceans with a blunt snout and rather stocky body. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, pp978-9)
Terms: Dolphins Preferred Term
Term UI T013047
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1968)

Whale, Melon-Headed Narrower

Concept UI: M0006731
Registry Number: txid103596
Terms: Whale, Melon-Headed Preferred Term
Term UI T013090
Date12/17/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Peponocephala electra
Term UI T622474
Date12/07/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Many-Toothed Blackfish
Term UI T013088
Date10/10/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Melon-Headed Whale
Term UI T013089
Date10/08/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

Whale, Pygmy Killer Narrower

Susus Narrower

White-Beaked Dolphins Narrower

Amazon Dolphins Narrower

Langenorhynchus obliquidens Narrower

Pacific White-Sided Dolphins Narrower

Chinese River Dolphin Narrower

Concept UI: M0006746
Registry Number: txid118797
Terms: Chinese River Dolphin Preferred Term
Term UI T622747
Date12/08/2004
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Lipotes vexillifer
Term UI T622749
Date12/08/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Yangtze River Dolphin
Term UI T622748
Date12/08/2004
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Baiji
Term UI T013068
Date10/24/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins Narrower

Fraser's Dolphin Narrower

Ganges Dolphin Narrower

Irrawaddy River Dolphin Narrower

La Plata Dolphin Narrower

Lagenorhynchus Narrower

Ocean Dolphins Narrower

Piebald Dolphins Narrower

Right Whale Dolphins Narrower

Risso's Dolphin Narrower

Rough-Toothed Dolphin Narrower

Sousa Narrower

Tucuxi Dolphin Narrower

Whale, False Killer Narrower

Dolphins MeSH Descriptor Data 2023