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the rapids (Pongo de Guarracayo) of the Maranon in Amazonas, Peru, 

 where Sotalia is not known to occur. 



Inia geoffrensis Blainville 



Delphinus rostratus, G. Cuvier (part, not Shaw), 1812, Ann. Hist. Nat., 

 Paris, 19: 10 ["dauphin a museau grele" in Paris Museum, brought 

 from Portugal by E. Geoffroy]. 



Delphinus [(Delphinorhynchus)] Geoffrensis Blainville, 1817, Nouv. Diet. 

 Hist. Nat., 9: 151. — Gervais, 1856, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci., Paris, 

 42: 806 [Brazil (Rio Uruguay (=Araguaia)); synonyms: amazonicus, 

 boliviensis; characters] . 



Inia Geoffrensis, Gervais, 1855, Castelnau Exped. Amerique du Sud, pt. 7, 

 Zool., Mamm., p. 90, pi. 19, fig. 3 (animal) [Peru (Nauta, Rio Maranon, 

 Loreto ; Rio Ucayali, Loreto) ; Bolivia : (rivers of Moxos and Santa 

 Cruz, Rio Mamore, Rio Guapore); characters; synonyms: amazonicus, 

 boliviensis, skin only of type oifrontatus Cuvier (Hist. Cet., 1836, p. 120)] ; 

 1856, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 42: 806 [taxonomy]. — Van 

 Beneden, 1868, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, 25: 93 [specimen in 

 Berlin Museum collected by Natterer]. — Abel, 1901, Mem. Mus. Roy. 

 Hist. Nat., pi. 1 (fig. 6), pi. 2 (fig. 5), pi. 3 (fig. 3), pi. 4 (fig. 2, skull) 

 [comparisons] . 



Inia geoffrensis, Flower, 1869, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 6: 87, pis. 25-27 

 (skeleton) [Peru (Nauta, Rio Maranon, Loreto); osteology; classifica- 

 tion]. — Gervais, in Van Beneden and Gervais, 1880, Osteographie des 

 cetaces, p. 468, pis. 32, 33 (skeleton) [osteology; taxonomic history; 

 distribution; part synonyms: D. geoffroyi Desmarest, D. frontatus Cuvier, 

 D. amazonicus Spix and Martius, Inia boliviensis d'Orbigny]. — Flower, 

 1885, List Cetacea Brit. Mus., p. 13. — Beddard, 1900, Book of whales, 

 p. 299 [characters].— Lonnberg, 1928, Ark. Zool., Stockholm, 20A(1): 

 1, pi. 1 (osteology) [pelvic rudiments; phalanges]. — Kellogg, 1928, 

 Quart. Rev. Biol., 3: 56, fig. 7 (skull) [characters; history; relation- 

 ships].— Fraser, in Norman and Fraser, 1938, Giant fishes, whales and 

 dolphins, p. 34 [characters; habits]. — Kellogg, 1940, Nat. Geogr. 

 Mag., 77(1): 81, pi. 15 (animal) [Bolivia (Rio Guapore-Rio Mamore); 

 Brazil (Rio Purus from mouth to Hyutanahan; Rio Negro; Rio 

 Branco ; Rio Tacatu, Roraima region) ; Venezuela (upper Rio Orinoco 

 and Casiquiare); characters; habits; names: "Amazon River dolphin," 

 "bouto"]. — Miranda Ribeiro, 1943, Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro, 

 37: 23, figs. 1-5 (animals), fig. 6 (postcranial skeleton), fig. 7 (skull), 

 fig. 8 (ear bones), figs. 11-12 (skull), figs. 13-16 (middle and inner 

 ears), figs. 17-25 (skeleton) [characters; taxonomic history; history of 

 type specimen; habits]. — Vieira, 1948, Bol. Mus. Paraense, 10: 267 

 [Brazil (upper Rio Jurua) ; local name: "boto"]. — -Vieira, 1951, 

 Papeis Avulsos, 10: 122 [Brazil (Sao Domingo, Rio das Mortes, Mato 



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