Boto

Boto
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Eutheria Order: Cetacea Suborder: Odonticeti[?] Family: Iniidae[?] Genus: Inia Species: geoffrensis
Binomial name
Inia geoffrensis

The Boto, or Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) is a freshwater or river dolphin. It is most commonly seen in the Amazon River. Other names for it are Amazon Dolphin, Boto Vermelho, Bouto, Bufeo, Dauphin de l'Amazone, Inia, Pink Dolphin, Pink Freshwater Dolphin, Pink Porpoise, and Tonina.

It is constantly threatened by industrialization.

External link

• "Animal Info - Boto (Amazon River Dolphin)": http://www.animalinfo.org/species/cetacean/iniageof.htm