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  2. Amazon river dolphin - Wikipedia

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    Amazon river dolphin feeding. The diet of the Amazon river dolphin is the most diverse of the toothed whales. It consists of at least 53 different species of fish, grouped in 19 families. The prey size is between 5 and 80 centimetres (2.0 and 31.5 in), with an average of 20 centimetres (7.9 in).

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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 ...

  6. The Ultimate List: 101 Animals That Start With ‘A’ - AOL

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    Amazon River Dolphin These dolphins are also referred to as Pink River Dolphins. They are not only unique because of their coloring, but they are one of the few species of dolphin that can bend ...

  7. 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 ...

  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. Ancient giant dolphin discovered in the Amazon

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    Analysis of the newly identified ancient dolphin’s skull told paleontologists that its body would have measured at least 11 feet (3.5 meters) long — making it about 20% to 25% bigger than ...