Long-beaked common dolphin to 60 small, sharp, interlocking teeth on each side of each jaw. They have more teeth than any other delphinids. The long-beaked common dolphin is a member of common dolphin genus, "Delphinus" within the dolphin family, Delphinidae in the cetaceans order. Until the mid-1990s, the different forms within "Delphinus" were not recognized as separate species, but were all considered members of the species "D. delphis". In 1994, Heyning and Perrin did research on these species and then Kingston and Rosel confirmed there were two separate species. Currently, the two recognized species of "Delphinus" are the short-beaked common dolphin ("D. delphis")
Wildlife of Libya of now, very few animals live in the area, like the striped hyenas ("Hyaena hyaena"), fennec fox, gazelles, wildcats and golden wolves. The cheetah is now extinct from the area. Reptiles and rodents are common in the sands of the desert; adder and krait are among the snakes reported. Red shrimp are reported from the Ubari Lakes in the Fezan area. The faunal species recorded include "Canis anthus", "Vulpes vulpes", "Genetta genetta", "Felis libyca", "Hystrix cristata", "Delphinus delphis" and "Tursiops truncatus". Mammals and reptiles found in Libya which are on the Red List of IUCN, are: Grobben's gerbil, the Alexandrian