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Delphinus Inia Rapp, 1837, Die Cetaceen, p. 47 [new name for Inia 

 boliviensis d'Orbigny. — Schlegel, 1841, Abhandlungen aus der Gebiete 

 der Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie, 1 : 24 [characters]]. 



"Inia de Geoffroy," Gervais, 1877, Journ. Zool., Paris, 6: 279 [Peru (Rio 

 Ucayali) ; skeleton in Bordeaux Museum collected by Saint Griq] . 



Sotallia [sic] pallida, Sanborn (not Gervais), 1949, Journ. Mammal., 30: 

 287 [Peru (Yarinacocha, Rio Ucayali, Loreto)]. 



Inia sp., Guallart, 1962, Biota (Lima), 4: 161 [Peru (Amazonas; ascends 

 Rio Maranon to mouth of Rio Cenepa); local names: "bufeo," 

 "apupu"]. 



Type: Mounted specimen, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 

 Paris; collected by Alexandre Rodriguez Ferreira about 1790 and deposited 

 in the Museu da Ajuda, Lisbon ; brought to the Museum National d'Histoire 

 Naturelle, Paris, in 1810 by E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire (see Miranda Ribeiro, 

 1 943, Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro, 37 : 23) ; the mounted skin was painted 

 to simulate its natural colors (cf. G. Cuvier, 1812, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., 

 19: 10). 



Type locality: Brazil; according to Gervais (supra cit.) probably from 

 upper Amazon. 

 Distribution : The same as for the genus. 



Genus LIPOTES Miller 



Lipotes Miller, 1918, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 68(9): 2.— Kellogg, 1928, 

 Quart. Rev. Biol., 3: 54 et seq. [characters; history; relationship]. — 

 Winge, 1942, Interrelat. Mamm. Gen., 3: 306 [characters; classifica- 

 tion]. — Fraser and Purves, 1960, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), 

 Zool., 7: 46 et seq., fig. 26 (table) [auditory system; classification]. 



Type species : Lipotes vexillifer Miller, by original designation. 

 Distribution: Known only from the Tungting Lake and the 

 Yangtzekiang River, Hunan, China. 



Lipotes vexillifer Miller 



Lipotes vexillifer Miller, 1918, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 68(9): 2, fig. 1 

 (teeth), pi. 1 (animal), pis. 2-10 (skull), pis. 11-13 (vertebrae).— 

 Kellogg, 1928, Quart. Rev. Biol., 3: 57 [characters; relationships; 

 local name: "pench'i"]. — Fraser and Purves, 1960, Bull. Brit. Mus. 

 (Nat. Hist.), Zool., 7: 46 et seq., pi. 23 (skull) [auditory system]. 



Type: Male, skull and cervical vertebrae, U.S. National Museum, no. 

 218293; collected Feb. 18, 1916, by Charles M. Hoy. 

 Type locality : Tungting Lake, Hunan, China. 

 Distribution : The same as for the genus. 



