INIIDAE, Gray, 1846

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2014, Iniidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 364-379 : 364

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6599240
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6599271
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scientific name	INIIDAE
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Family INIIDAE View in CoL

(AMAZON RIVER DOLPHINS)

• Largest river dolphins, with robust, flexible bodies, long, robust beaks with many teeth; dentition ofconical, peg-like grasping teeth in the front and molar-like crushing teeth behind.

• 200-260 cm. View Figure

• Neotropical Region. View Figure

• Endemic to the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in northern South America.

• 1 genus, 3 species, 3 taxa.

• Nospecies threatened; none Extinct since 1600.