Inia

As an animal that spends a great deal of time making small-scale local manoeuvres in its complex, three-dimensional watery home, Inia is especially telling in that it may actually be taking part in a trend toward hyperdactyly, as it bears an extra bone in its flipper that is to all intent and purposes a sixth digit.

Did ichthyosaurs fly? Probably not, no Darren Naish 2006

As an animal that spends a great deal of time making small-scale local manoeuvres in its complex, three-dimensional watery home, Inia is especially telling in that it may actually be taking part in a trend toward hyperdactyly, as it bears an extra bone in its flipper that is to all intent and purposes a sixth digit.

Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006

BotoThe boto, Inia geoffrensis, also known as the Inia or Amazon river dolphin, is endemic to the Amazon and Orinoco river systems in South America.

Archive 2006-12-01 2006

BotoThe boto, Inia geoffrensis, also known as the Inia or Amazon river dolphin, is endemic to the Amazon and Orinoco river systems in South America.

Hic jacet Lipotes vexillifer: Here lies the baiji 2006

Large and tiny ornamental fishes, turtles, dolphins (Inia geoffrensis), and manatees (Trichechus inunguis) live in the rivers.

Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests 2008

After a census of river dolphins in the Orinoco and Amazon River basins, the Bolivian river dolphin has been officially recognized as a separate endemic species (Inia boliviensis).

Archive 2008-04-01 2008

While the Pantanal ecoregion shares many taxa with the Llanos de Moxos, it does not include Inia or Melanosuchus.

Beni savanna 2008

The rivers are home to abundant boto river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis).

Beni savanna 2008

The Beni savannas contain a unique assemblage of biota found together in no other single ecoregion of South America: nowhere else on Earth is it possible to find Inia, Rhea, Blastocerus, and Chrysocyon.

Beni savanna 2008

Aquatic mammals include Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis, pink, and Sotalia fluviatilis, grey) and endangered manatees (Trichechus inunguis).

Monte Alegre varzea 2008