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The boto, or Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), is a unique freshwater cetacean inhabiting rivers across South America. Its distinctive pink coloration, caused by shallow blood vessels near the skin surface, sets it apart. As the largest river dolphin globally, the boto plays a crucial role in...
The Amazon River dolphin, also known as the boto, is a freshwater dolphin species found in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins. It’s notable for its unique pink coloration caused by blood vessels near the skin surface. The iniidae subspecies is critically endangered due to habitat loss, hunting, and...
The Orinoco river dolphin is a freshwater cetacean population native to the Orinoco and Apure river basins in Venezuela and Colombia. Taxonomically, it is typically classified as the subspecies Inia geoffrensis humboldtiana of the Amazon river dolphin. Distinguished by its flexible neck and pinkish-...
The Bolivian river dolphin (Inia boliviensis) is an endemic freshwater cetacean native to the Madeira and Mamoré river sub-basins in Bolivia. Morphologically distinct from the Amazon river dolphin, it features a smaller body size and a different number of teeth. Following extensive scientific resear...
The Araguaian river dolphin is a newly identified freshwater cetacean found in the Araguaia River basin of Brazil, officially classified as a distinct species in 2014.
The Bolivian river dolphin is an Inia dolphin of the Upper Madeira Basin in Bolivia, protected there as a national treasure by a 2012 law.
The Araguaian river dolphin (Inia araguaiaensis) is a Brazilian river dolphin proposed in 2014 from the Araguaia-Tocantins basin.
