Baiji
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| Baiji | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Subclass: | Eutheria |
| Order: | Cetacea |
| Suborder: | Odontoceti |
| Superfamily: | Platanistoidea |
| Family: | Lipotidae |
| Genus: | Lipotes |
| Species: | L. vexillifer |
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| Lipotes vexillifer Miller, 1918 |
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The Baiji (Chinese: 白鱀豚 ; pinyin: báijìtún) called also Chinese River Dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer) is a river dolphin. It was found only in the Yangtze River in China. The baiji was declared extinct in 2007 by the Chinese Academy of Science.[source?]
Description [change]
The baiji is a graceful animal, with a long, narrow and slightly upturned beak and a flexible neck. As opposed to some other freshwater dolphins, like the Indus River dolphin, its eyes are functional, although greatly reduced. Its coloration is bluish-gray to gray above and white to ashy-white below. It weighs 135 - 230 kg (300 - 510 lb) and measures as much as 2.5 m (8.2') in length.
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