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Amazon river dolphin, boto, pink dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)
Subject: Amazon river dolphin, boto, pink dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)
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Amazon river dolphin, boto, pink dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)


Male Amazon river dolphins are either solid pink or mottled grey/pink

Date 10 May 2012
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/-mbender/5354172843/
Author Michelle Bender
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amazon_river_dolphin.jpg

The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), also known as the boto, bufeo or pink river dolphin, is a species of toothed whale 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 (Orinoco river dolphin). The three subspecies are distributed in the Amazon basin, the upper Madeira River in Bolivia, and the Orinoco basin, respectively. The Amazon river dolphin is the largest species of river dolphin, with adult males reaching 185 kilograms in weight, and 2.5 metres in length. Order: Artiodactyla, Infraorder: Cetacea, Family: Iniidae, Genus: Inia, Species: Inia geoffrensis (Blainville, 1817).

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