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Inia geoffrensis (Blainville, 1817)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Blainville, H. de. (1817). In: [Desmarest, A. G.]. <em>Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle.</em> 9.

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 araguaiaensis Hrbek, Farias, Dutra & da Silva, 2014
Inia geoffrensis humboldtiana Pilleri & Gihr, 1978
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 (Cuvier, 1812)
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
Amazon River Dolphin in English
Amazonas-Delfin in German
Amazonas-Delfin in German
Amazonas-Delphin in German
Amazonas-Delphin in German
Boto in English
Boto in Spanish
Boto de Amazone in French
Boto de Amazone in French
Boto-cor-de-rosa in Portuguese
Boto-vermelho in Portuguese
Boutu in language.
Bufeo in English
Bufeo colorado | Tonina in Spanish
Bufeo rosado in Spanish
Bufeo rosado in Spanish
Dauphin De L'Amazone in French
Dauphin Rose in French
Delfin del Amazonas in language.
Delfín rosado | tonina | delfín del Amazonas in Spanish
Geoffroy's river dolphin in English
Jíamana in language.
Muñap | Muña in language.
Muñé | Muje in language.
Oma | sha in language.
Orinoco Bufeo in English
Orinoco Bufeo in English
Orinoco Bufeo (Orinoco population) in English
Orinoco Bufeo (Orinoco population) in English
Orinoco population in English
Orinoco population in English
Panábë in language.
Pink Dolphin in English
Pink River Dolphin in English
Pink River Dolphin in English
Pink River Dolphin in English
Pink River Dolphin; Orinoco Boto in English
Pirarihuara in language.
apupu in language.
boto in language.
boto in language.
boto in language.
boto pretinho in Portuguese
boto vermelho in Portuguese
boto-rosa in Portuguese

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. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4.
  14. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  15. 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.
  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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