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Bolivian River Dolphin

Inia boliviensis

Classification

Family
Iniidae

The Bolivian river dolphin is a species (Inia boliviensis) or subspecies (Inia geoffrensis boliviensis) of freshwater dolphin found in upstream areas of the Amazon Basin. Taxonomy Bolivian river dolphins were discovered by the Western world in 1832 by French researcher Alcide d'Orbigny. The Bolivian river dolphin was briefly thought to be a subspecies (as I.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil