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  2. 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. ...

  3. River dolphin - Wikipedia

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    River dolphins are rather small, ranging in size from the 5-foot (1.5 m) long South Asian river dolphin to the 8-foot (2.4 m) and 220-pound (100 kg) Amazon river dolphin. They all have female-biased sexual dimorphism apart from Amazon river dolphin, with the females being larger than the males.

  4. 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.

  5. Iniidae - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Amazon River - Wikipedia

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    Amazon river dolphin. Along with the Orinoco, the Amazon is one of the main habitats of the boto, also known as the Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis). It is the largest species of river dolphin, and it can grow to lengths of up to 2.6 m (8.5 ft). The colour of its skin changes with age; young animals are gray, but become pink and then ...

  7. Inia - Wikipedia

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    Species Inia araguaiaensis – Araguaian river dolphin; Species Inia boliviensis – Bolivian river dolphin; Species Inia geoffrensis – Amazon river dolphin; Species Inia humboldtiana – Orinoco river dolphin; IUCN Classification. Genus Inia. Species Inia geoffrensis – Amazon river dolphin. Amazon Subspecies I. g. geoffrensis; Bolivian ...

  8. Boto - Wikipedia

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    An Amazon river dolphin. Boto is a Portuguese name given to several types of dolphins and river dolphins native to the Amazon and the Orinoco River tributaries. A few botos exist exclusively in fresh water, and these are often considered primitive dolphins.

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

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    Bones from an Amazon pink river dolphin are embedded in dried mud along the banks of Lake Tefé in Tefe, Brazil, on Oct. 31, 2023. More than 200 river dolphins died in the 2023 drought that sent ...