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The Irrawaddy dolphin is a small dolphin species found in rivers and coastal areas of Southeast Asia, particularly in the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar. It matters because the species is critically endangered, with only a few hundred individuals remaining, making its survival an important conservation concern.
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Orcaella
- Located in
- East Kalimantan
- Mass
- +123.5
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- Irrawaddy Dolphin.jpg
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- P105
- species
- P7603
- Appendix I of CITES
- P183
- Indonesia
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The Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) is a euryhaline species of oceanic dolphin found in scattered subpopulations near sea coasts and in estuaries and rivers in parts of the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia. It closely resembles the Australian snubfin dolphin (of the same genus, Orcaella), which was not described as a separate species until 2005. It has a slate blue to a slate gray color. Although found in much of the riverine and marine zones of South and Southeast Asia, the only concentrated lagoon populations are found in Chilika Lake in Odisha, India, and Songkhla Lake in southern Thailand.
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Bay of BengalFauna listed on CITES Appendix IFauna of South AsiaIrrawaddy RiverIUCN Red List endangered speciesMammals described in 1866Mammals of BangladeshMammals of IndiaMammals of South AsiaMammals of Southeast AsiaMaritime Southeast AsiaOrcaellaSpecies that are or were threatened by being bycatch