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شبه‌دولفینیان

Russell A. Mittermeier;Don E. Wilson

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Also known as Iniid, Iniids

Iniidae is a family of river dolphins containing one living genus, Inia, and four extinct genera. The living genus lives in the river basins of South America, but the family formerly had a wider presence across the Atlantic Ocean.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderCetacea
  5. FamilyIniidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded4,483

Les Inidés (Iniidae) forment une famille de dauphins vivant surtout en eau douce. Aujourd'hui elle ne comprend que le boto (Inia geoffrensis) mais certaines classifications y incluent encore les genres Lipotes et Pontoporia, appartenant respectivement aux familles des Lipotidae et des Pontoporiidae. Liste des genres et espèces † Goniodelphis G. hudsoni Inia Inia geoffrensis — Boto I. g. geoffrensis I. g. boliviensis I. g. humboldtiana † Ischyrorhynchus (syn. Anisodelphis) I. vanbenedeni (syn. Anisodelphis brevirostratus) † Saurocetes (syn. Saurodelphis, Pontoplanodes) S. argentinus (syn. Pontoplanodes obliquus) S. gigas

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
2
Family
Iniidae
Collections
USNM, UCMP
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Inioidea
Image
Inia.jpg
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taxon name
Iniidae
taxon rank
family
Commons category
Iniidae
topic's main category
Category:Iniidae
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