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Irrawaddy dolphin

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The Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) is a euryhaline oceanic dolphin found in scattered subpopulations near sea coasts and in estuaries and rivers of South and Southeast Asia and the Bay of Bengal, including notable lagoon populations in Chilika Lake in India and Songkhla Lake in Thailand, and river populations in the Mekong, Ganges and Ayeyarwady. Adults reach about 2.3 meters at full maturity and weigh 90 to 200 kilograms, with slate blue to slate gray skin, a rounded head, a blunt snout without a pronounced beak, and a small triangular dorsal fin set well back on the body. It lives in brackish water, river mouths and estuaries, feeding on bony fish such as catfish and fish eggs, cephalopods including squid, octopus and cuttlefish, and crustaceans, and is classified as Endangered by the IUCN, with several subpopulations rated critically endangered due to gillnet entanglement and habitat degradation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Piscivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine and Freshwater 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Orcaella brevirostris 3
Conservation Status
Critically Endangered 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Orcaella, Taxa
Source Irrawaddy dolphin (Wikidata)

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source Irrawaddy dolphin (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Irrawaddy dolphin (Wikipedia)
  • Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
    and is classified as Endangered by the IUCN, with several subpopulations rated critically endangered due to gillnet entanglement and habitat degradation.
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    The Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) is a euryhaline oceanic dolphin found in scattered subpopulations near sea coasts and in estuaries and rivers of South and Southeast Asia and the Bay of Bengal, including notable lagoon populations in Chilika Lake in India and Songkhla Lake in Thailand, and river populations in the Mekong, Ganges and Ayeyarwady.
  • In Biome: Marine, Wikipedia intro: "s until 2005. It has a slate blue to a slate gray color. Although found in much of the riverine and marine zones of South and Southeast Asia, the only concentra..."
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3. Irrawaddy dolphin (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q273331 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): endangered.
  • Child Taxon Of: Orcaella, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q134273 (Orcaella)
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