La Plata dowphin

La Plata dowphin
Skeleton in the collection o Museo di storia naturale e del territorio dell'Università di Pisa
Size comparison against an average human
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Subcless: Eutheria
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Odontoceti
Superfaimily: Platanistoidea
Faimily: Pontoporiidae
Gray, 1870
Genus: Pontoporia
Species: P. blainvillei
Binomial name
Pontoporia blainvillei
Gervais & d'Orbigny, 1844
La Plata Dolphin range

The La Plata dowphin or Franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) is foond in coastal Atlantic watters o sootheastren Sooth Americae. Taxonomically, it is a member o the river dowphin group an the anly ane that actually lives in the ocean an seltwatter estuaries, rather than inhabitin exclusively freshwatter seestems.

References eedit

  1. Reeves, R., Dalebout, M., Jefferson, T.A., Karkzmarski, L., Laidre, K., O’Corry-Crowe, G., Rojas-Bracho, L., Secchi, E., Slooten, E., Smith, B.D., Wang, J.Y. , Zerbini, A.N. & Zhou, K. (2012). "Pontoporia blainvillei". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 18 Januar 2013. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |last-author-amp= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of vulnerable.