The dolphin genus Sotalia is considered to have two member species with the classification of Sotalia guianensis[3][4] as a distinct species from Sotalia fluviatilis[5][6] in 2007. This was a result of recent morphometric analyses, as well as mitochondrial DNA analysis.[7]
| Sotalia | |
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| Jumping Sotalia in the Orinoco river | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Delphinidae |
| Subfamily: | Stenoninae |
| Genus: | Sotalia Gray, 1866[1] |
| Type species | |
| Delphinus guianensis [2] Van Beneden, 1864
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S. fluviatilis | |
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.[4]
Member species
edit- Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville, 1853), Tucuxi
- Sotalia guianensis (van Bénéden, 1864), Costero or Guiana dolphin
References
edit- ^ "Sotalia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ 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 & A.M. Solé-Cava (2005). "Riverine and marine ecotypes of Sotalia dolphins are different species". Marine Biology. 148 (2): 449–457. Bibcode:2005MarBi.148..449C. doi:10.1007/s00227-005-0078-2. S2CID 49359327.
- ^ a b "Sotalia guianensis, Guiana Dolphin, Costero". Convention on Migratory Species. 2010. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ^ "Wilson & Readers Mammals Species of the World". Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ^ IUCN redlist.org
- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Flach, Leonardo; Flach, Patricia Amaral; Chiarello, Adriano G (2008). "Density, abundance and distribution of the Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis van Benéden, 1864) in Sepetiba Bay, Southeast Brazil". Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 10 (1). International Whaling Commission: 31–36. doi:10.47536/jcrm.v10i1.657. ISSN 1561-0713. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- Di Beneditto, Ana Paula Madeira; Ramos, Renata Maria Arruda (2004). "Biology of the marine tucuxi dolphin (Sotalia fluviatilis) in south-eastern Brazil". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 84 (6): 1245–1250. Bibcode:2004JMBUK..84.1245D. doi:10.1017/S0025315404010744h. S2CID 85880088.
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