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S. Bredanensis Female Skull Replica measures 20 inches. S. Bredanensis Female Skull Replica is museum quality polyurethane resin cast. 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw). Cast of an original California Academy of Sciences specimen. Known as Rough-Toothed Dolphin.
The S. Bredanensis or rough-toothed is a species of dolphin that can be found in deep warm and tropical waters around the world.
The Rough-toothed Dolphin or Steno bredanensis is a relatively large species, with adults ranging from 6.9 to 9.3 ft. in length, and weighing between 198 and 342 lb. Males are larger than females.
The skull of a Rough-toothed Dolphin or S. bredanensis has a conical head, a long beak and 19 to 28 roughened surface with narrow irregular ridged teeth. The beak is long. The forehead gently slopes to the melon without a crease between the beak and forehead.
Its most visible characteristic feature is its conical head and slender nose; other dolphins either have a shorter snout or a more visibly bulging melon on the forehead.
S. bredanensis give birth to a single calf after a gestation period of about 100 days. The calves are around 39 inches long at birth. The mother introduces fish to their calf when they are about 2 months old. The calves tend to stay close to their mother for a few years before venturing off on their own.
The distribution and population of the Rough-toothed dolphin is poorly understood. They inhabit the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, and in the Mediterranean Sea, in warm temperate to tropical waters, with occasional reports from cooler environments.
S. bredanensis or Rough-toothed Dolphins can also be seen regularly in locations stretching from the Windward Islands to Cape Verde, but only a small handful have been seen in Azores and Madeira.
Live sightings are almost universally made far off-shore, beyond the continental shelf, in water at least 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) deep.
Most of the research activity concerning the Rough-toothed Dolphin has been directed in the eastern Pacific, where a population estimate of 150,000 was obtained by researchers in the 1980s.
Fossils belonging to the genus Steno are known from Europe and date to the early to mid-Pliocene.
In the Mediterranean Sea, the S. bredanensis was once considered to be visiting from North Atlantic until recent findings revealed that there is a small but resident population in the eastern part of the sea.
As with other dolphin species, Killer Whales and large sharks are the most likely natural predators, although they may also be preyed on by False Killer Whales, or Pilot Whales in some areas.
