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Amazon River Dolphin

Platanistoidea

Amazon River Dolphin

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“Also known as the ‘Pink Dolphin’. Unlike ocean dwelling dolphins, river dolphins have a hump instead of a dorsal fin. Amazon river dolphins will frequently swim upside down. Its believed the humps on their back rub across the river’s floor and help them locate prey.

Scientific Classification

KINGDOM

Animalia

PHYLUM

Chordata

CLASS

Mammalia

ORDER

Cetacea

FAMILY

Platanistoidea

GENUS

Platanistidae

Location

South-America

Mammal

Carnivore

Habitat

Wetlands (inland)

Food

Fish, Prawns, Frogs

Threat

Habitat Destruction
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