Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais and d'Orbigny 1844)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 739

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Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais and d'Orbigny 1844)
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Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais and d'Orbigny 1844)

[Delphinus] blainvillei Gervais and d'Orbigny 1844 , Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1844: 39.

Type Locality: Uruguay, "qui a été pris à Montevideo " = mouth of the Rio de La Plata near Montevideo.

Vernacular Names: Franciscana.

Synonyms: Pontoporia tenuirostris Malm 1871 .

Distribution: Brazil to Argentina: coastal waters from Doce River, Regencia, Espírito Santo to Peninsula Valdez, including the Rio de la Plata.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient, except for the Rio Grande do Sul/ Uruguay subpopulation, which is Vulnerable.

Discussion: Reviewed by Brownell (1989).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Iniidae

Genus

Pontoporia

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Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais and d'Orbigny 1844)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Delphinus] blainvillei

Gervais and d'Orbigny 1844: 39
1844
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