Sotalia
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| Sotalia | |
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| Jumping Sotalia in the Orinoco river | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cetacea |
| Suborder: | Odontoceti |
| Family: | Delphinidae |
| Genus: | Sotalia Gray, 1866[1] |
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S. fluviatilis |
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The dolphin genus Sotalia now is considered to have two member species with the classification of Sotalia guianensis[2][3] as a distinct species from Sotalia fluviatilis[4] in 2007. This was a result of recent morphometric analyses, as well as mitochondrial DNA analysis.[5]
Members of this genus are found in the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts of Central and South America as well as in the Amazon River and most of its tributaries.[6]
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[edit] Member species
- Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville, 1853), Tucuxi
- Sotalia guianensis (van Bénéden, 1864), Costero or Guiana dolphin
[edit] References
- ^ ITIS.gov
- ^ Cunha, H.A., V.M.F. da Silva, J. Lailson-Brito Jr., M.C.O. Santos, P.A.C. Flores, A.R. Martin, A.F. Azevedo, A.B.L. Fragoso, R.C. Zanelatto, and A.M. Solé-Cava (2005). "Riverine and marine ecotypes of Sotalia dolphins are different species". Marine Biology 148: 449–457. doi:10.1007/s00227-005-0078-2.
- ^ CMS.int
- ^ http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14300080
- ^ Caballero S, Trujillo F, Vianna JA, Barrios-Garrido H, Montiel MG, Beltran-Pedreros S, Marmontel M, Santos MC, Rossi-Santos M, Santos FR, Baker CS (2007) Taxonomic status of the genus Sotalia: species level ranking for 'tucuxi' (Sotalia fluviatilis) and 'costero' (Sotalia guianensis) dolphins. Mar Mamm Sci 23: 358-386.
- ^ CMS.int
[edit] Further reading
- Flach L, Flach PA, Chiarello AG (2008) Density, abundance and distribution of the Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis van Benéden, 1864) in Sepitiba Bay, southeast Brazil. J Cetacean Res Manage 10:31-36.
- Di Beneditto APM, Arruda Remos RM (2004) Biology of the marine tucuxi dolphin (Sotalia fluviatilis) in south-eastern Brazil. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 84:1245-1250
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