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]
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]
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Superfamily Delphinoidea Family Delphinidae Genus Sotalia Species Sotalia fluviatilis, tucuxi Species Sotalia guianensis, costero Family Phocoenidae Genus...
disoriented prey. Sometimes, they associate with the distantly related tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis), and giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) to hunt in a coordinated...
of Western Australia which travel as far inland as Belmont. The tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) in the Amazon River is another species descended from oceanic...
"Phylogenetic Status and Timescale for the Diversification of Steno and Sotalia Dolphins". PLOS ONE. 6 (12): e28297. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...628297C. doi:10...
monotremes. The hairless vibrissal crypts on the rostrum of the Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis), originally associated with mammalian whiskers, are capable...
heating of vibrissal follicles in seals (Phoca vitulina) and dolphins (Sotalia fluviatilis guianensis)" (PDF). Journal of Experimental Biology. 203 (14):...
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Hanke, Wolf (22 February 2012). "Electroreception in the Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences....
forests were killed and had not grown back ten years later. The tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) dolphin species inhabit the bay but were able to avoid the...
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