Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817) . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 9: 151.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, probably upper Amazon River .

DISTRIBUTION: Amazon to the Mamora (Bolivia) and Orinoco river systems.

COMMENT: Includes boliviensis; see Casinos and Ocana, 1979, Saugetierk. Mitt., 27: 149-206; but also see Pilleri and Gihr, 1977, Invest. Cetacea, 8: 11 -76, who considered it a distinct species.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411001001001001.