This is the largest species of beaked dolphin.
They inhabit temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world, and are absent only from polar waters.
They are the most familiar dolphins due to the wide exposure they receive in captivity in marine parks, in movies and TV programs.
They are grey in color and may be 2-4 m (6.6-13.1 ft) long, and weighs 150-650 kg (330-1,400 lb).
Males are generally larger and heavier than females.
These dolphins have a short and well-defined snout that looks like an old-fashioned gin bottle, which is the source for their common name.
Like all whales and dolphins, though, the snout is not a functional nose; the nose has instead evolved into the blowhole on the top of their heads.
Their necks are more flexible than other dolphins' due to five of their seven vertebrae not being fused together as is seen in other dolphin species.