Short-beaked common dolphin Short-beaked common dolphin The short-beaked common dolphin ("Delphinus delphis") is a species of common dolphin. It has a larger range than the long-beaked common dolphin ("D. capensis"), occurring throughout warm-temperate and tropical oceans, including the Indian Ocean although in smaller quantities than other places they are found. There are more short-beaked common dolphins than any other dolphin species in the warm-temperate portions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is also found in the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas. The short-beaked common dolphin is also abundant in the Black Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Red Sea. They follow the gulf stream
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