What is Amazon river dolphin?
{{speciesbox | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10831/50358152 |author1=da Silva, V.|author2= Trujillo, F.|author3= Martin, A.|author4= Zerbini, A.N.|author5= Crespo, E.|author6= Aliaga-Rossel, E. |author7= Reeves, R.|title= Amazon River Dolphin: ''Inia geoffrensis'' |publisher= The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |year=2018|page= e.T10831A50358152|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T10831A50358152.en|accessdate= December 26, 2020}}</ref> | image = Inia.jpg | image2 = Amazon river dolphin size.svg | image2_caption = Size compared to an average human | image2_alt = Illustration of human next to dolphin | genus = Inia | species = geoffrensis | authority = ([[Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville|Blainville]], 1817) | range_map = cetacea_range_map_Amazon_River_Dolphin.PNG | range_map_caption = Amazon river dolphin range }} The '''Amazon river dolphin''', '''boto,''' '''bufeo''' or '''pink dolphin''' (''Inia geoffrensis'') is one of five species of [[river dolphin]]. The Amazon river dolphin lives in the [[Amazon River]] and [[Orinoco River]]. It is greyish pink in color. It is [[endangered]] because of dams and water pollution, especially [[Mercury (element)|mercury]] pollution.<ref name=WWO>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/amazon-river-dolphin|publisher=World Wildlife Fund|title=Amazon River Dolphin}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q205329}} [[Category:Mammals of South America]] [[Category:River dolphins]] {{biology-stub}}