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Inia geoffrensis (Blainville, 1817)

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Blainville, H. de. (1817). In: [Desmarest, A. G.]. <em>Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle.</em> 9.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Cetacea
family
Iniidae
genus
Inia
species
Inia geoffrensis

Name

Synonyms
Delphinorhynchus geoffrensis (Blainville, 1817)
Delphinorhynchus geoffroyi Lesson, 1827
Delphinus frontatus G.Cuvier, 1823
Delphinus geoffrensis Blainville, 1817
Delphinus geoffroyi Desmarest, 1822
Delphinus geoffroyi Spix & Martius, 1831
Delphinus inia Rapp, 1837
Delphinus rostratus G.Cuvier, 1812
Inia amazonica Spix & Martins, 1823
Inia geoffroyensis Austin, 1897
Inia geoffroyi Bates, 1863
Inia geoffroyii Gray, 1846
Inia humboldtiana Pilleri & Gihr, 1978
Sotallia pallida Sanborn, 1949
Steno frontatus Blyth, 1863
Steno pernettyi Demarest, 1822
Steno rostratus Lutken, 1889
Homonyms
Inia geoffrensis (Blainville, 1817)
Common names
Amazon River Dolphin in English
Amazon River Dolphin in English
Amazon River Dolphin in English
Amazon River Dolphin in English
Amazon River Dolphin in English
Amazonas-Delphin in German
Boutu in language.
Pink River Dolphin in English
Pink River Dolphin in English
boto in language.
boto in language.
boutu in language.
boutu in language.
Amazon River Dolphin in English
Amazon river dolphin in English
Amazonas-Delphin in German
Boto in Portuguese
Boto-cor-de-rosa in Portuguese
Boto-vermelho in Portuguese
Bufeo in Spanish
Dauphin De L'Amazone in French
Dauphin Rose in French
Delfin Rosado in Spanish
Geoffroy's river dolphin in English
Pink Dolphin in English
Tonina in Spanish
apupu in language.
boto in Portuguese
boto in English
boto in Spanish
boto pretinho in Portuguese
boto vermelho in Portuguese
boto-rosa in Portuguese
bouto in Portuguese
boutu in Portuguese
bufeo in Spanish
bufete in Spanish
dauphin à museau grêle in French
defínovec amazonský in Czech
delfin amazonico in Spanish
delfin de agua dulce in Spanish
delfin de rio in Spanish
delfin llanero in Spanish
delfin rosado in Spanish
delfín colorado in Spanish
fansa in Spanish
inia in French
inia in language.
orinocodolfijn in Dutch
tonina in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Best, R. C. and V. M. F. da Silva. (1993). Inia geoffrensis. Mammalian Species 426:1--8.
  2. Best, Robin C., and Vera M. F. da Silva, 1993: Inia geoffrensis. Mammalian Species, no. 426. 1-8.
  3. Blainville, H. de. (1817). In: [Desmarest, A. G.]. <em>Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle.</em> 9.
  4. Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259. 10.5479/si.03629236.246
  5. Hershkovitz, Philip, 1966: Catalog of Living Whales. United States National Museum Bulletin, no. 246. viii + 259.
  6. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  7. Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
  8. Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743.
  9. Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743.
  10. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
  11. RUIZ-GARCÍA M, S CABALLERO, M MARTÍNEZ-AGÜERO y JM SHOSTELL. 2008. Molecular differentiation among Inia geoffrensis and Inia boliviensis (Iniidae, Cetacea) by means of nuclear Intron sequences. Pp: 1-29, en: Population Genetics Research Progress (VT Koven, ed.). Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, New York, USA. ref_scmas1124
  12. Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4.
  13. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  14. Robineau, D. (1989). Les types de cétacés actuels du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle I. Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, Kogiidae, Ziphiidae, Iniidae, Pontoporiidae. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris, 4th ser., 11, section A, no. 1:271-289.
  15. TRUJILLO, F., M. PORTOCARRERO, C. GÓMEZ-SALAZAR, M.C. DIAZGRANADOS, L. CASTELLANOS-MORA, M. RUÍZ-GARCÍA, S. CABALLERO. 2010. Status and conservation of river dolphins Inia geoffrensis and Sotalia fluviatilis in the Amazon and Orinoco basins in Colombia. Pp: 29-57, en: The Action Plan for South American River Dolphins 2010-2020 (F Trujillo, E Crespo, P van Damme y J Susma, eds.). WWF (World Wildlife Fundation), Fundación OMACHA, WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), WDCS (Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society), SOLAMAC (Sociedad Lationamericana de Especialistas de Mamíferos Acuáticos). 240 pp. ref_scmas1208
  16. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  17. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  18. Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
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