[goohle]

Dolphins are "non-human person". We have no specialized word for creatures like dolphins, but they are not "animals", they are "persons".

https://www.giveindia.org/blog/four-reasons-why-india-recogn...

[tarboreus]

Persons implies a legal recognition, I think. I'd call them sapients, connoting highly intelligent entities.

[smabie]

According to India maybe? Almost everyone would call dolphins "animals"