Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 290-304 : 290

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scientific name	Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)
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Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817) . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 9: 151.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, probably upper Amazon River .

DISTRIBUTION: Amazon to the Mamora ( Bolivia) and Orinoco river systems.

COMMENT: Includes boliviensis; see Casinos and Ocana, 1979, Saugetierk. Mitt., 27: 149-206; but also see Pilleri and Gihr, 1977, Invest. Cetacea , 8: 11 -76, who considered it a distinct species.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411001001001001.