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2. Amazon River Dolphins Are Facing Mass Die-Offs In Brazil

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   In the end, more than 200 endangered dolphins perished in the waters around Tefé — a loss of approximately 20% of the lake’s population of Amazon pink river dolphins and 7% of tucuxi.

3. Amazon river dolphin - Wikipedia

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   Male Amazon river dolphins are either solid pink or mottled grey/pink. The Amazon river dolphin is the largest river dolphin. Adult males reach a maximum length and weight of 2.55 metres (8.4 ft) (average 2.32 metres (7.6 ft)) and 185 kilograms (408 lb) (average 154 kilograms (340 lb)), while females reach a length and weight of 2.15 metres (7. ...

4. Protector of the pink dolphins: Fernando Trujillo’s quest to ...

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   Venturing deep into the complex waterways of the Amazon, Colombian marine biologist Fernando Trujillo first set out to study the mysterious pink river dolphin in 1987, at the directive of the late ...

5. Amazon River falls to lowest in over a century amid Brazil ...

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   MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) -The Amazon River fell to its lowest level in over a century on Monday at the heart of the Brazilian rainforest as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of ...

6. List of threatened mammals of Brazil - Wikipedia

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   The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is an endangered species. The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) is a vulnerable river dolphin from the Amazon basin. Family Balaenidae (whales) Eubalaena australis (southern right whale) LC - ICMBio status EN; Family Balaenopteridae (rorquals) Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale) EN - ICMBio ...

7. Boto - Wikipedia

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   The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) thrives in fresh water, is endemic to the Amazon basin, and is placed in the Endangered category of the IUCN. [ 1 ] The Araguaian river dolphin ( I. araguaiaensis ) is a newly identified species native to the Araguaia - Tocantins basin of Brazil .

8. Drought-threatened Amazon dolphins studied for climate change ...

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   The Amazon river dolphins, many of a striking pink color, are a unique freshwater species found only in the rivers of South America and are one of a handful of freshwater dolphin species left in ...

9. Tucuxi - Wikipedia

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   The tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis), alternatively known in Peru bufeo gris or bufeo negro, is a species of freshwater dolphin found in the rivers of the Amazon basin.The word tucuxi is derived from the Tupi language word tuchuchi-ana, and has now been adopted as the species' common name.