Amazon river dolphin

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 pollution.^[2]

Amazon river dolphin
Size compared to an average human
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Iniidae
Genus:	Inia
Species:	I. geoffrensis
Binomial name
Inia geoffrensis (Blainville, 1817)
Amazon river dolphin range