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The pink dolphin, or boto, is an endangered species found in the Amazon, Orinoco, and Madeira river basins, covering approximately seven million km². It is the largest river dolphin, with males weighing up to 185 kg and measuring up to 2.5 m, and exhibits significant sexual dimorphism. Its diet is diverse, primarily consisting of fish, and it inhabits areas below 400 m a.s.l., moving to flooded regions during the rainy season for better food availability.

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Delfin Rosado

The pink dolphin, or boto, is an endangered species found in the Amazon, Orinoco, and Madeira river basins, covering approximately seven million km². It is the largest river dolphin, with males weighing up to 185 kg and measuring up to 2.5 m, and exhibits significant sexual dimorphism. Its diet is diverse, primarily consisting of fish, and it inhabits areas below 400 m a.s.l., moving to flooded regions during the rainy season for better food availability.

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Do you wonder where the pink lives?

Well, this can be found in the basin of the


Amazon, Orinoco and Madeira rivers in Bolivia. Its territory covers around seven
million km2 and includes marine waters, rapid waters, waterfalls and lower parts
of rivers.dolphin

The pink dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), also known as boto, bufeo, Amazon dolphin or
bottlenose dolphin, is an endangered species of odontocete cetacean mammal of the
Iniidae2 family. Two subspecies are known: Inia geoffrensis geoffrensis and Inia
geoffrensis humboldtiana, which are distributed in the Amazon basin, the upper Madeira
river basin and the Orinoco basin, respectively.

It is the largest river dolphin; the weight of adult males reaches 185 kg and can measure
up to 2.5 m. As a distinctive character, adults acquire a pink color, more accentuated in
males.3 It is one of the cetaceans with the most evident sexual dimorphism, since males
measure and weigh between 16% and 55% more than females. Like the other toothed
whales, it has an organ called a melon that it uses for echolocation. The dorsal fin is short
but very long and its pectoral fins are large. This characteristic, together with its medium
size and the lack of fusion of the cervical vertebrae, give it great maneuverability to move
through the flooded forest and to capture its prey.

It has the widest diet among odontocetes; It feeds mainly on fish, of which 53 different
species have been identified, including croakers, tetras and piranhas. It supplements its
diet with river turtles and crabs.
They inhabit the course of the main tributaries of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers below
400 m a.s.l. no. m.. In the rainy season it moves to the flooded areas of the jungle, where
there is a greater supply of food.

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