Iniidae

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Inia
An Amazon River Dolphin at Duisburg Zoo. Size comparison against an average human
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Eutheria Order: Cetacea Suborder: Odontoceti Superfamily: Inioidea[1] Family: Iniidae Gray, 1846
Genera
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Iniidae is a family of river dolphins containing one living and three extinct genera.

[edit] Taxonomy

The family was described by John Edward Gray in 1846.^[1]

Current classifications include a single living genera, Inia, with two recognized species. The family also includes three extinct genera described from fossils found in South America, Florida, Lybia, and Italy.^[1]

• Superfamily Inioidea
  • Family Iniidae
    • Genus †Goniodelphis
      • Species G. hudsoni
    • Genus Inia
      • Species Inia geoffrensis Amazon River Dolphin
        • Subspecies I. g. geoffrensis
        • Subspecies I. g. boliviensis
        • Subspecies I. g. humboldtiana
    • Genus †Ischyrorhynchus (syn. Anisodelphis)
      • Species I. vanbenedeni (syn. Anisodelphis brevirostratus)
    • Genus †Saurocetes (syn. Saurodelphis, Pontoplanodes)
      • Species S. argentinus (syn. Pontoplanodes obliquus)
      • Species S. gigas

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