Araguaian river dolphin

Araguaian river dolphin
An Araguaian river dolphin (Inia araguaiaensis) surfacing to breathe in Cantão State Park, Brazil
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Iniidae
Genus: Inia
Species:
I. araguaiaensis
Binomial name
Inia araguaiaensis
Hrbek, Da Silva, Dutra, Farias, 2014
Inia spp. ranges. I. araguaiaensis is in blue at right; I. geoffrensis and I. boliviensis are light green and purple, respectively.

The Araguaian river dolphin or Araguaian boto (Inia araguaiaensis) is a South American river dolphin population native to the AraguaiaTocantins basin of Brazil.