Inia boliviensis

d'Orbigny, 1834

Bolivian River Dolphin

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Whippomorpha
Infraorder : Cetacea
Parvorder : Odontoceti
Superfamily : Inioidea
Family : Iniidae
Genus : Inia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

d'Orbigny, A. 1834. Notice sur un nouveau genre de cétacé, des rivières du centre de l'Amérique méridionale. Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 3:28-36.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=XWU_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA31

Original name as described

Inia Boliviensis

Other common names

Bolivian Bufeo · Bolivian Boto

Type material

MNHN A.11478

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"la rivière du Guaporé" (= Iteñez) near "Principe de Béira," Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Brazil

Taxonomy notes

split from I. geoffrensis; some authors do not recognized four species within Inia based on the lack of data from where the species come in contact, however, pending further studies into these species contact zones, they are continually recognized

Taxonomy notes citation

Ruiz-García, M., S. Caballero, M. Martinez-Agüero and J. M. Shostell. 2008. Molecular differentiation among Inia geoffrensis and Inia boliviensis (Iniidae, Cetacea) by means of nuclear intron sequences. Pages 1—25 in V. T. Koven. ed., Population Genetics Research Progress Chapter 6. · Hrbek, T., da Silva, V. M. F., Dutra, N., Gravena, W., Martin, A. R., & Farias, I. P. (2014). A new species of river dolphin from Brazil or: how little do we know our biodiversity. PLoS one, 9(1), e83623. · Emin-Lima, R., Machado, F. A., Siciliano, S., Gravena, W., Aliaga-Rossel, E., de Sousa e Silva, J., ... & de Oliveira, L. R. (2022). Morphological disparity in the skull of Amazon River dolphins of the genus Inia (Cetacea, Iniidae) is inconsistent with a single taxon. Journal of Mammalogy. · Tenille, A. F. C. J. S., e Silva, D. J. D. S., & de Oliveira, J. L. R. New genetic data extend the range of river dolphins Inia in the Amazon Delta.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006455

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Inia Boliviensis

d'Orbigny, 1834

Family

Iniidae

Root name

boliviensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN A.11478

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=XWU_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA31

Authority publication

Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1840:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  2. Lesson (1842:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Gervais & d'Orbigny (1844:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31084918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67508)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Delphinus Inia

(Rapp, 1837)

Family

Iniidae

Root name

inia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN A.11478

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Inia geoffrensis boliviensis

S. Anderson, 1997

Family

Iniidae

Root name

boliviensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Anderson (1997:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  2. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

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