Amazon river dolphin - Wikipedia
The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), also known as the boto, bufeo or pink river dolphin, is a species of toothed whale endemic to South America and is classified in the family Iniidae.
Amazon River Dolphin (Boto) Facts - National Geographic
Botos are the largest of the four river dolphin species, reaching up to eight feet long and 450 pounds. They have powerful flippers and tail flukes and a modified hump in place of a dorsal...
Amazon River Dolphin (Pink Dolphins) | Species | WWF - World …
The Amazon river dolphin, also known as the pink river dolphin or boto, lives only in freshwater. It is found throughout much of the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.
Boto (Amazon River Dolphin)
The Amazon River Dolphin, also called the boutu, boto, or bufeo, is the largest of the freshwater dolphins, and like all freshwater dolphins it is endangered because of hunting, human pressures, and degradation of habitat.
Boto - Wikipedia
Boto is a Portuguese name given to several types of dolphins and river dolphins native to the Amazon and the Orinoco River tributaries. A few botos exist exclusively in fresh water, and these are often considered primitive dolphins. The botos are a paraphyletic group, defined largely by their evolutionary convergences.
Amazon River dolphin - Whale & Dolphin Conservation USA
Amazon River dolphins, popularly called ‘botos,’ are freshwater dolphins living in the rainforest rivers of South America. Quite the charmers, male botos sometimes try and win over females by pulling some particularly alluring techniques out of the bag.
Amazon river dolphin - River Dolphins
Amazon river dolphins are the only dolphin species that have the equivalent of molar teeth, much like humans do. All other dolphin species have only pointed conical teeth 27 . Molars allow them to crunch up particularly hard skinned fish.
Amazon River Dolphin - Animal Spot
The Amazon River Dolphin is a group of dolphins that primarily dwell in the South Americas waters, especially in the Amazon river. Also known as the ‘Pink River Dolphin’ or the ‘Boto’, they are not to be confused with the marine pink dolphins.
The Amazon River Dolphin: Pink Skin and Whiskers
2020年8月3日 · Did you know you could encounter free dolphins outside of the ocean? Did you know these dolphins are pink and have whiskers?! This month’s we travel deep into the Amazon’s (and the Orinoco) forest and river basins, where we find the elusive Amazon River Dolphin or Boto (Inia geoffrensis).
Amazon River Dolphin (Inia Geoffrensis) - Dolphins World
The Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) also known as Boto is a river dolphin that inhabits the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers in South America.