Inia

Inia
An Amazon river dolphin at the Duisburg Zoo.
Size compared to an average human
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Iniidae
Genus: Inia
d'Orbigny, 1834
Type species
Inia boliviensis
d'Orbigny, 1834
Species
  • See text
Inia spp. ranges. I. araguaiaensis, I. geoffrensis and I. boliviensis are blue, light green and purple, respectively. I. humboldtiana is grouped with geoffrensis.

Inia is a genus of river dolphins from South America containing one to four species.

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