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Tucuxi

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The tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) is a small dolphin found only in fresh water, living throughout much of the Amazon River and its tributaries across Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and southeastern Colombia. Although it shares its river habitat with the true river dolphin known as the boto, it belongs instead to the oceanic dolphin family Delphinidae. It grows to about 1.5 meters in length, smaller than a bottlenose dolphin, with a light to bluish gray back and sides, an often pinkish underside, a moderately long beak and 26 to 36 pairs of teeth in each jaw. It hunts schooling fish, with about thirty known prey species, chasing them in rapid dashes just below the surface, and is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List and included in CITES Appendix I. 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)
Freshwater 2
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Sotalia fluviatilis 3
Conservation Status
Endangered 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix I 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Sotalia, Taxa
Source Tucuxi (Wikidata)

In Biome

Freshwater, Biomes
Source Tucuxi (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Tucuxi (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: status
    EN
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    The tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) is a small dolphin found only in fresh water, living throughout much of the Amazon River and its tributaries across Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and southeastern Colombia.
  • Medicinal use
    The oil and fat in the skin of tucuxi is used in local traditional medicine as an ointment to be rubbed on wounds or sore body parts.
  • Infobox: status2
    CITES_A1
  • In Biome: Freshwater, Wikipedia intro: "ucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis), alternatively known in Peru bufeo gris or bufeo negro, is a species of freshwater dolphin found in the rivers of the Amazon basin...."
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3. Tucuxi (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q935680 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): endangered.
  • Child Taxon Of: Sotalia, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q1341231 (Sotalia)
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4. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Sotalia fluviatilis (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITES
Quote, Conservation Status: CITES
CITES Appendix I
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