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The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), also known as the boto, bufeo or pink river dolphin, is a species of toothed whale endemic to South America and is classified in the family Iniidae. Three subspecies are currently recognized: I. g. geoffrensis (Amazon river dolphin), I. g. boliviensis ( Bolivian river dolphin ) and I. g. humboldtiana ...
The recognition of I. araguaiaensis as a distinct species is still debated. It was originally distinguished from the Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) in January 2014 [2] [3] on the basis of nuclear microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA data as well as differences in skull morphology (it generally has a wider skull).
The false killer whale has been known to interact non-aggressively with some dolphins: the common bottlenose dolphin, the Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens), the rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis), the pilot whales, the melon-headed whale, the pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata), the pygmy killer whale ...
A common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the clade Odontoceti (toothed whale).Dolphins belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (the brackish dolphins), and possibly extinct Lipotidae (baiji or Chinese river dolphin).
Several bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico were found to have traces of fentanyl in their system, shocking scientists and bringing in a new set of questions in the ongoing drug epidemic.
Iniidae is a family of river dolphins containing one living genus, Inia, and four extinct genera.The extant genus inhabits the river basins of South America, but the family formerly had a wider presence across the Atlantic Ocean.
This 595-pound robotic dolphin was created by a former Walt Disney Imagineer — and could eliminate keeping real animals in captivity at amusement parks
At bedtime on the night of Feb. 23, 2005, Jessica Lunsford got under the covers — wearing a pink nightgown and clutching her stuffed purple dolphin under her arm — and drifted off to sleep.