River dolphin
Videos
River dolphins also called Freshwater dolphins, are a polyphyletic group of fully aquatic mammals that reside exclusively in freshwater or even in brackish water. They are an informal grouping of dolp
Life reconstruction of Arktocara yakataga, an allodelphinid
Amazon river dolphin
Indus river dolphin skull
River dolphins have very small eyes
Baiji
Videos
The baiji is a possibly extinct species of river dolphin native to the Yangtze river system in China. It is thought to possibly be the first dolphin species driven to extinction due to the impact of h
River dolphin
…and Pontoporiidae) and Lipotoidea (Lipotidae). They comprise the families Platanistidae (the South Asian dolphins), the possibly extinct Lipotidae (Yangtze River dolphin), Iniidae (the Amazonian dolphins) and Pontoporiidae. There are five extant species of river dolphins. River dolphins, alongside other cetaceans, belong…
1918 Miller A new river dolphin from China Fig. 2a
Yangtze Dolphins range
Baiji killed by Charles Hoy in 1914