Scientific name:
Inia geoffrensis

Natural spread:
South America

in the river-systems of the Orinoko and Amazon lives individually or in pairs, more rarely also in small groups up to 6 animals, the Amazon-dolphin, a representative of the Flußdelphinartigen. In its South American home, it becomes "Bouto", also "Bufeo" or "Tonina" named. This dolphin becomes 2-3 m long, its flippers (= poor) are unusually big in the comparison to the body, the tail fluke becomes up to 50 cm broadly. The back-fin stretches comb-nicely over almost the half back, and a characteristic characteristic of this dolphin is its roundish before-curved forehead-part with the nose-opening at its highest place. The long muzzle of the Amazon-dolphin is almost round in the cross-section and one little downward bent. In each jaw-half, 33-34 teeth stand, of which the rear ones train a clear comb in 8-9. Over the entire muzzle and parts of the face distributed considers short bristles for itself.

Coloring The coloring is a showy peculiarity of the Amazon-dolphins. it is very variable and can be until after white from shining light-blue beyond pink. Since the animals don't have any natural enemies, they obviously don't need any camouflage-colors.

Nutrition Amazon-dolphins live from fishings up to 30 cm of length, that they track down in the muddy, opaque water of its home-rivers with Echolotung. Although its eyes are quite small, they can see well, observed like one at imprisoned animals. In captivity of held animals appeared exceptionally playful and unusually skillfully in inventing of games.

Behavior Amazon-dolphins are quite active; occasionally they jump approximately meter-highly out of the water and can resign also to flat water, on sandbanks and in floodplains moves.