Common dolphin keep in captivity. Common dolphin The common dolphin is the name given to two species of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus. Taxonomists and cetologists usually recognise two species — the short-beaked common dolphin, which retains the systematic name "Delphinus delphis", and the long-beaked common dolphin "D. capensis". Despite its name, the common dolphin is not the dolphin of popular imagination; that distinction belongs to the bottlenose dolphin (genus "Tursiops") due to its widespread use in marine parks and its appearance in the television series "Flipper". However, this dolphin was the most frequently represented in the art and literature of
Kurdistan Institution for Strategic Studies and Scientific Research (KISSR) and Scientific Research (KISSR) was founded in 2005 under the name of Kurdistan Technology and Research Centres with the support of Kurdistan Regional Government and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. In the late of 2008, it was re-established under the name of Kurdistan Institution for Strategic Studies and Scientific Research (KISSR). There are currently four active research centers in Kurdistan Institution in variety of fields, which are: In addition, In addition, Kurdistan Institution includes the following directorates and departments: Kurdistan Institution for Strategic Studies and Scientific Research (KISSR) Kurdistan Institution for Strategic Studies and Scientific Research (KISSR)