Lipotidae
Author
Russell A. Mittermeier
Author
Don E. Wilson
text
2014
2014-07-31
Lynx Edicions
Barcelona
Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals
380
385
book chapter
61594
10.5281/zenodo.6600673
46bc66f5-c095-4774-b806-6d3bda474f5b
978-84-96553-93-4
6600673
Family
LIPOTIDAE
(BAIJI)
* Medium-sized river dolphin with a spindle-shaped body, elongated rostrum, rounded melon, broad flippers, and low, triangular dorsal fin; small-teeth.
e 200-250 cm.
* Palearctic Region.
* Middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China.
1 genus, 1 species, 1 taxon.
* 1 species Critically Endangered (probably now extinct).