Amazon river dolphin
The Amazon river dolphin, boto, bufeo or pink dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) is one of five species of river dolphin. The Amazon river dolphin lives in the Amazon River and Orinoco River. It is greyish pink in color. It is endangered because of dams and water pollution, especially mercury pollution.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Iniidae |
| Genus: | Inia |
| Species: | I. geoffrensis
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| Inia geoffrensis (Blainville, 1817)
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Amazon River Dolphin Media
An Amazon river dolphin as depicted in Brehms Tierleben, 1860s
The Bolivian river dolphin is a subspecies of Inia geoffrensis
Male Amazon river dolphins are either solid pink or mottled grey/pink.
Amazon river dolphins have a heterodont dentition
Apure the dolphin lived for more than 40 years at the Duisburg Zoo
Amazon river dolphin feeding
The main branch of the Amazon River near Fonte Boa, Brazil, with multiple floodplains, lakes and smaller channels. The Amazon river dolphin is observed here throughout the year
A trained Amazon river dolphin at the Acuario de Valencia
References
- ↑ Template:Cite IUCN
- ↑ "Amazon River Dolphin". World Wildlife Fund.