Inia | |
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An Amazon river dolphin at the Duisburg Zoo. | |
Size compared to an average human | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Iniidae |
Genus: | Inia d'Orbigny, 1834 |
Type species | |
Inia boliviensis[1] d'Orbigny, 1834
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Species | |
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Inia spp. ranges. I. araguaiaensis, I. geoffrensis and I. boliviensis are blue, light green and purple, respectively. I. humboldtiana is grouped with geoffrensis. |
Inia is a genus of river dolphins from South America, containing one to four species.