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Inia geoffrensis (Pink River Dolphin; Amazon River Dolphin; boto; boutu)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Araguaian river dolphin or Araguaian boto (Inia araguaiaensis) is a South American river dolphin population whose identification as a species distinct from the Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) was announced in 2014. It is native to the Araguaia–Tocantins basin of Brazil.
View Wikipedia Record: Inia geoffrensis

Infraspecies

Inia geoffrensis boliviensis (Bolivian River Dolphin)
Inia geoffrensis geoffrensis (Amazon River Dolphin)

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Inia geoffrensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
18
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Not determined do to incomplete vulnerability data.
ED Score: 35.79
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Gestation [3]  9 months 17 days
Litter Size [3]  1
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  31 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  8.397 feet (256 cm)
Speed [5]  13.981 MPH (6.25 m/s)
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams, Temporary Pools
Adult Weight [2]  279.989 lbs (127.00 kg)
Birth Weight [3]  14.992 lbs (6.80 kg)
Female Weight [2]  220.463 lbs (100.00 kg)
Male Weight [2]  339.514 lbs (154.00 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [2]  54 %
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [4]  90 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  10 %
Forages - Marine [4]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  5 years
Male Maturity [2]  5 years

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Cerrado Brazil No

Prey / Diet

Paracheirodon innesi (Piaba)[6]
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (Redtail catfish)[5]
Podocnemis sextuberculata (Six-tubercled Amazon River Turtle, Amazon River Turtle)[5]
Poppiana argentiniana[5]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Caiman crocodilus (Common caiman, Spectacled caiman)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Anisakis insignis[7]
Hunterotrema caballeroi[7]
Hunterotrema macrosoma[7]
Pholeter gastrophilus[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Inia geoffrensis, Robin C. Best and Vera M. F. da Silva, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 426, pp. 1-8 (1993)
♦ 6Animals of the Rainforest
♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0