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===== Cetaceans ===== * [[Bottlenose dolphin]] (''Tursiops truncatus''): Researchers in a study on two male bottlenose dolphins observed their reactions to mirrors after having a mark placed on them. Reactions such as decreased delay in approaching the mirror, repetitious head circling and close viewing of the eye or genital region that had been marked, were reported as evidence of MSR in these species.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1017/CBO9780511565526.026 |chapter=Evidence of self-awareness in the bottlenose dolphin (''Tursiops truncatus'') |title=Self-Awareness in Animals and Humans |year=1994 |last1=Marten |first1=Kenneth |last2=Psarakos |first2=Suchi |pages=361β379 |isbn=978-0-521-02591-1 }}</ref><ref name="Reiss">{{cite journal |last1=Reiss |first1=Diana |last2=Marino |first2=Lori |title=Mirror self-recognition in the bottlenose dolphin: A case of cognitive convergence |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |date=8 May 2001 |volume=98 |issue=10 |pages=5937β5942 |doi=10.1073/pnas.101086398 |pmid=11331768 |pmc=33317 |bibcode=2001PNAS...98.5937R |doi-access=free }}</ref> * [[Killer whale]] (''Orcinus orca''): Killer whales and [[false killer whale]]s (''Pseudorca crassidens'') may be able to recognise themselves in mirrors.<ref name="Delfour">{{cite journal |last1=Delfour |first1=F |last2=Marten |first2=K |title=Mirror image processing in three marine mammal species: killer whales (''Orcinus orca''), false killer whales (''Pseudorca crassidens'') and California sea lions (''Zalophus californianus'') |journal=Behavioural Processes |date=April 2001 |volume=53 |issue=3 |pages=181β190 |doi=10.1016/s0376-6357(01)00134-6 |pmid=11334706 |s2cid=31124804 }}</ref>
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