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The researchers used sound-recording tags on sperm whales, false killer whales and bottlenosed dolphins to study sound production in the wild.

From Reuters • Mar. 2, 2023

They used video from an endoscope, a thin, tube-like instrument, to image the phonic lips in harbor porpoises and bottlenosed dolphins in captivity.

From Reuters • Mar. 2, 2023

Big tanks to frolic in, lots of fresh fish to eat, two friendly keepers�what more could a couple of 350-lb. female Atlantic bottlenosed dolphins want?

From Time Magazine Archive

Further when they are prepared for museum collections, the lower jaws of adult northern bottlenosed whales may be found to contain a second pair of teeth just behind the first.

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David

In the coastal portion of its range along the northeastern South American coast, this species is most likely to be confused with the Atlantic bottlenosed dolphin.

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David