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Inia

AnAmazon river dolphin at the Duisburg Zoo.

Size compared to an average human

Scientific classification Edit this classification

Domain:

Eukaryota

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Mammalia

Order:

Artiodactyla

Infraorder:

Cetacea

Family:

Iniidae

Genus:

Inia
d'Orbigny, 1834

Type species

Inia boliviensis

d'Orbigny, 1834

Species

  • See text

Inia spp. ranges. I. araguaiaensis, I. geoffrensis and I. boliviensis are blue, light green and purple, respectively. I. humboldtiana is grouped with geoffrensis.

Inia is a genus of river dolphins from South America containing one to four species.

Taxonomy

[edit]
Inia spp. skull

The genus was described by Alcide d'Orbigny in 1834 when Delphinus geoffrensis, described by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1817, was recognized to be a unique taxon. D'Orbigny also described Inia boliviensis as type species of the genus.[1] A 1998 classification listed a single species, Inia geoffrensis, in the genus Inia, with three recognized subspecies.[2] Most of the scientific community accepted this single species classification, as does the IUCN.[3] As of 2016 the Committee on Taxonomy of the Society for Marine Mammalogy considers the genus Inia to contain one species with only two subspecies: the Bolivian (I. g. boliviensis) and the Amazon (I. g. geoffrensis) subspecies.[4] In 2014, the population in the Araguaia-Tocantins basin was proposed to define an additional species, Inia araguaiaensis,[5] but this remains debated. The American Society of Mammalogists recognizes the highest number of species at four, although this is only tentative, pending further studies which could either confirm or deny the classification.[6]

American Society of Mammalogists Classification

Genus Inia

IUCN Classification

Genus Inia

Society For Marine Mammalogy Classification

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Robineau, Daniel; Buffrénil, Vivian, de (2003). "Early descriptions of whales: D'Orbigny, A. 1834. Note on a new cetacean genus, from the rivers of the central part of South America. [Notice sur un nouveau genre de cétacé, des rivières du centre de l'Amèrique méridionale. Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle, 3:28–36]". Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 5 (3): 209–212. doi:10.47536/jcrm.v5i3.799.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • ^ Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world: systematics and distribution. Society of Marine Mammalogy Special Publication Number 4. p. 231.
  • ^ da Silva, V.; Trujillo, F.; Martin, A.; Zerbini, A.N.; Crespo, E.; Aliaga-Rossel, E. & Reeves, R. (2018). "Inia geoffrensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T10831A50358152. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T10831A50358152.en.
  • ^ "List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies - Society for Marine Mammalogy". www.marinemammalscience.org. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  • ^ Hrbek, Tomas; Da Silva, Vera Maria Ferreira; Dutra, Nicole; Gravena, Waleska; Martin, Anthony R.; Farias, Izeni Pires (2014-01-22). Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). "A New Species of River Dolphin from Brazil or: How Little Do We Know Our Biodiversity". PLOS ONE. 9 (1): e83623. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...983623H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083623. PMC 3898917. PMID 24465386.
  • ^ "Inia". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  • General references
    Extant Cetacea species

  • Phylum Chordata
  • Class Mammalia
  • Infraclass Eutheria
  • Superorder Laurasiatheria
  • Order Artiodactyla
  • Suborder Whippomorpha
  • Eubalaena
    (Right whales)

  • North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis)
  • North Pacific right whale (E. japonica)
  • Balaenopteridae
    (Rorquals)

    Balaenoptera

  • Antarctic minke whale (B. bonaerensis)
  • Sei whale (B. borealis)
  • Bryde's whale (B. brydei)
  • Pygmy Bryde's whale (B. edeni)
  • Blue whale (B. musculus)
  • Omura's whale (B. omurai)
  • Fin whale (B. physalus)
  • Rice's whale (B. ricei)
  • Eschrichtius

    Megaptera

    Cetotheriidae

    Caperea

    Delphinidae
    (Oceanic dolphins)

  • Hector's dolphin (C. hectori)
  • Delphinus

    Feresa

    Globicephala
    (Pilot whales)

  • Long-finned pilot whale (G. melas)
  • Grampus

    Lagenodelphis

    Lagenorhynchus

  • Atlantic white-sided dolphin (L. acutus)
  • Peale's dolphin (L. australis)
  • Hourglass dolphin (L. cruciger)
  • Pacific white-sided dolphin (L. obliquidens)
  • Dusky dolphin (L. obscurus)
  • Lissodelphis
    (Right whale dolphins)

  • Southern right whale dolphin (L. peronii)
  • Orcaella

  • Australian snubfin dolphin (O. heinsohni)
  • Orcinus

    Peponocephala

    Pseudorca

    Sotalia

  • Guiana dolphin (S. guianensis)
  • Sousa
    (Humpback dolphins)

  • Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (S. plumbea)
  • Australian humpback dolphin (S. sahulensis)
  • Atlantic humpback dolphin (S. teuszii)
  • Stenella

  • Clymene dolphin (S. clymene)
  • Striped dolphin (S. coeruleoalba)
  • Atlantic spotted dolphin (S. frontalis)
  • Spinner dolphin (S. longirostris)
  • Steno

    Tursiops
    (Bottlenose dolphins)

  • Burrunan dolphin (T. australis)
  • Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin (T. erebennus)
  • Common bottlenose dolphin (T. truncatus)
  • Monodontidae

    Delphinapterus

    Monodon

    Phocoenidae
    (Porpoises)

    Neophocoena
    (Finless porpoises)

  • Yangtze finless porpoise (N. asiaeorientalis)
  • Phocoena

  • Harbour porpoise (P. phocoena)
  • Vaquita (P. sinus)
  • Burmeister's porpoise (P. spinipinnis)
  • Phocoenoides

    Physeteridae

    Physeter

    Kogiidae

    Kogia

  • Dwarf sperm whale (K. simus)
  • Iniidae

    Inia

  • Bolivian river dolphin (I. boliviensis)
  • Amazon river dolphin (I. geoffrensis)
  • Lipotidae

    Lipotes

    Platanistidae

    Platanista

  • Indus river dolphin (P. minor)
  • Pontoporiidae

    Pontoporia

    Ziphiidae
    (Beaked whales)

    Berardius

  • Baird's beaked whale (B. bairdii)
  • Sato's beaked whale (B. minimus)
  • Hyperoodon
    (Bottlenose whales)

  • Southern bottlenose whale (H. planifrons)
  • Indopacetus

    Mesoplodon
    (Mesoplodont whales)

  • Andrews' beaked whale (M. bowdoini)
  • Hubbs' beaked whale (M. carlhubbsi)
  • Blainville's beaked whale (M. densirostris)
  • Ramari's beaked whale (M. eueu)
  • Gervais's beaked whale (M. europaeus)
  • Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (M. ginkgodens)
  • Gray's beaked whale (M. grayi)
  • Hector's beaked whale (M. hectori)
  • Deraniyagala's beaked whale (M. hotaula)
  • Strap-toothed whale (M. layardii)
  • True's beaked whale (M. mirus)
  • Perrin's beaked whale (M. perrini)
  • Pygmy beaked whale (M. peruvianus)
  • Stejneger's beaked whale (M. stejnegeri)
  • Spade-toothed whale (M. traversii)
  • Tasmacetus

    Ziphius

    Odontocete genera

  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Mammalia
  • Order: Artiodactyla
  • Infraorder: Cetacea
  • Argyrocetus
  • Ashleycetus
  • Caolodelphis
  • Chilcacetus
  • Enigmatocetus
  • Eoplatanista
  • Inticetus
  • Macrodelphinus
  • Microcetus
  • Mirocetus
  • Neosqualodon
  • Olympicetus
  • Papahu
  • Patriocetus
  • Phoberodon
  • Phococetus
  • Prosqualodon
  • Sachalinocetus
  • Simocetus
  • Sulakocetus
  • Tangaroasaurus
  • Xenorophidae

  • Cotylocara
  • Echovenator
  • Inermorostrum
  • Xenorophus
  • Waipatiidae

  • Ediscetus
  • Nihohae
  • Nihoroa
  • Otekaikea
  • Urkudelphis
  • Waipatia
  • Squalodontidae

  • Squalodon
  • Squaloziphiidae

  • Squaloziphius
  • Yaquinacetus
  • Eurhinodelphinidae

  • Eurhinodelphis
  • Iniopsis
  • Mycteriacetus
  • Phocaenopsis
  • Schizodelphis
  • Vanbreenia
  • Xiphiacetus
  • Ziphiodelphis
  • Crown-Odontoceti

      • see below↓

    Crown-Odontoceti

  • Rhaphicetus
  • Scaldicetus
  • Zygophyseter
  • Kogiidae

  • Kogia
  • Koristocetus
  • Nanokogia
  • Platyscaphokogia
  • Pliokogia
  • Praekogia
  • Scaphokogia
  • Thalassocetus?
  • Physeteridae

  • Cozzuoliphyseter
  • Diaphorocetus
  • Idiophyseter
  • Idiorophus
  • Orycterocetus
  • Physeter
  • Physeterula
  • Placoziphius
  • Thalassocetus?
  • Platanistoidea

  • Dolgopolis
  • Ensidelphis
  • Perditicetus
  • Eurhinodelphinidae?
  • Squalodontidae?
  • Waipatiidae?
  • Allodelphinidae?

  • Arktocara
  • Goedertius
  • Ninjadelphis
  • Zarhinocetus
  • Squalodelphinidae?

  • Huaridelphis
  • Macrosqualodelphis
  • Medocinia
  • Notocetus
  • Phocageneus
  • Squalodelphis
  • Platanistidae

  • Dilophodelphis
  • Grimadelphis
  • Pachyacanthus?
  • Pebanista
  • Platanista
  • Pomatodelphis
  • Prepomatodelphis
  • Zarhachis?
  • Ziphiidae

  • Beneziphius
  • Caviziphius
  • Chavinziphius
  • Chimuziphius
  • Choneziphius
  • Dagonodum
  • Globicetus
  • Imocetus
  • Messapicetus
  • Nazcacetus
  • Nenga
  • Ninoziphius
  • Notoziphius
  • Pterocetus
  • Tasmacetus
  • Tusciziphius
  • Xhosacetus
  • Ziphirostrum
  • Berardiinae

  • Berardius
  • Microberardius
  • Ziphiinae

  • Ziphius
  • Hyperoodontinae

  • Hyperoodon
  • Ihlengesi
  • Indopacetus
  • Mesoplodon
      • see below↓

  • Herbeinodelphis
  • Liolithax
  • Lophocetus
  • Macrokentriodon
  • Miminiacetus
  • Odobenocetops
  • Pictodelphis
  • Pithanodelphis
  • Tagicetus
  • Westmorelandelphis
  • Kentriodontidae

  • Kampholophos
  • Kentriodon
  • Platysvercus
  • Sophianacetus
  • Rudicetus
  • Wimahl
  • Lipotidae

  • Parapontoporia
  • Prolipotes
  • Inioidea

    Iniidae

  • Goniodelphis
  • Inia
  • Ischyrorhynchus
  • Isoninia?
  • Isthminia
  • Kwanzacetus
  • Meherrinia
  • Plicodontinia
  • Saurocetes
  • Pontoporiidae

  • Auroracetus
  • Brachydelphis
  • Piscorhynchus
  • Pliopontos
  • Pontistes
  • Protophocaena
  • Samaydelphis
  • Scaldiporia
  • Stenasodelphis
  • Pontoporia
  • Delphinoidea

  • Denebola
  • Haborodelphis
  • Monodon
  • Phocoenidae

  • Australithax
  • Haborophocoena
  • Lomacetus
  • Miophocaena
  • Neophocaena
  • Numataphocoena
  • Phocoena
  • Phocoenoides
  • Piscolithax
  • Pterophocaena?
  • Semirostrum
  • Septemtriocetus
  • Delphinidae

  • Australodelphis
  • Eodelphinus
  • Etruridelphis
  • Hemisyntrachelus
  • Lagenorhynchus
  • Norisdelphis
  • Orcinus
  • Platalearostrum
  • Pliodelphis
  • Pterophocaena?
  • Lissodelphininae

  • Lissodelphis
  • Delphininae

  • Lagenodelphis
  • Sotalia
  • Sousa
  • Stenella
  • Tursiops
  • Globicephalinae

  • Globicephala
  • Grampus
  • Orcaella
  • Peponocephala
  • Pseudorca
  • Steno
  • Inia

  • Wikispecies: Inia
  • ADW: pictures
  • BioLib: 20773
  • BOLD: 3130
  • CoL: 54GB
  • EoL: 46559398
  • GBIF: 2440313
  • iNaturalist: 41471
  • IRMNG: 1336491
  • ITIS: 180406
  • MSW: 14300137
  • NBN: NHMSYS0000376785
  • NCBI: 9724
  • Paleobiology Database: 63506
  • uBio: 1761114
  • WoRMS: 254959


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