National Dolphin Day is a day to learn about and celebrate dolphins!
Things to do:
- Go to an aquarium to see dolphins
- Read about dolphins
- Support groups seeking to protect dolphins
Animal Classification
| KINGDOM: | Animalia – multicellular, eukaryotic organisms |
| PHYLUM: | Chordata – has a notochord (a flexible rod similar to cartilage) at some point during life |
| CLASS: | Mammalia – warm-blooded, drinks milk |
| ORDER: | Cetacea – carnivorous and finned |
| FAMILIES(5): | Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins) Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins) Iniidae (the new world river dolphins) Pontoporiidae (the brackish dolphins) Lipotidae (baiji or Chinese river dolphin) …EXTINCT |
| SPECIES: | 40 different species of dolphins |
