Sotalia
Genus of mammals
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The dolphin genus Sotalia is considered to have two member species with the classification of Sotalia guianensis[3][4] as a distinct species from Sotalia fluviatilis[5][6] in 2007. This was a result of recent morphometric analyses, as well as mitochondrial DNA analysis.[7]
| Sotalia | |
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| Jumping Sotalia in the Orinoco river | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Delphinidae |
| Subfamily: | Stenoninae |
| Genus: | Sotalia Gray, 1866[1] |
| Type species | |
| Delphinus guianensis [2] Van Beneden, 1864 | |
| Species | |
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S. fluviatilis | |
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| Native range of Sotalita sp. | |
Members of this genus are found in the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts of Central and South America as well as in the Amazon River and most of its tributaries.[4]
Member species
- Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville, 1853), Tucuxi
- Sotalia guianensis (van Bénéden, 1864), Costero or Guiana dolphin
