The Amazon River dolphin, Inia geoffrensis: What have we learned in the last two decades of research?

VMF da Silva, SM Brum, DMD de Mello… - … American Journal of …, 2023 - lajamjournal.org
In the last decades, knowledge about the biology of the Amazon river dolphin Inia
geoffrensis has increased considerably. Accordingly, we present a review of the published …

Challenges and priorities for river cetacean conservation

E Campbell, J Alfaro-Shigueto… - Endangered Species …, 2022 - int-res.com
River cetaceans are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic impacts due to their
constrained ranges in freshwater systems of China, South Asia, and South America. We …

One health implications of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from amazon river dolphins

MFG Rocha, EM Diógenes, VL Carvalho, M Marmontel… - EcoHealth, 2021 - Springer
Studies on the microbiota of freshwater cetaceans are scarce and may provide important
data on animal and environmental health. This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial …

Identifying habitat preferences and core areas of Amazon River dolphin activity using spatial ecology analysis

F Mosquera-Guerra, F Trujillo, J Pérez-Torres… - Landscape …, 2022 - Springer
Context Identifying the habitat preferences and core areas of Inia geoffrensis activity is
essential to designing effective strategies for the management and conservation of Amazon …

Aerial urination suggests undescribed sensory modality and social function in river dolphins

C Araújo-Wang, M Cantor, JY Wang - Behavioural Processes, 2025 - Elsevier
Scent marking through urine spraying is known to aid mate selection, territory marking and
chemical communication in terrestrial, but not in aquatic mammals. We quantify an unusual …

Mitogenomes provide insight into complex evolutionary history of freshwater and coastal Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris Gray, 1866) in Thailand and …

T Budi, S Piyapattanakorn, D Kreb, P Yuda… - Agriculture and …, 2022 - li01.tci-thaijo.org
Importance of the work: Irrawaddy dolphins have experienced demographic decline. The
lack of genetic information might hamper management decisions necessary for restoring …

[HTML][HTML] Are There Barriers Separating the Pink River Dolphin Populations (Inia boliviensis, Iniidae, Cetacea) within the Mamoré–Iténez River Basins (Bolivia)? An …

M Ruiz-García, P Escobar-Armel, M Martínez-Agüero… - Genes, 2024 - mdpi.com
The pink river dolphin, or bufeo, is one of the dolphins which lives in the rivers of the Orinoco
and Amazon basins in South America. The Bolivian bufeo population is considered a …

Easy food in the jungle: evaluating presence and relationships of Amazon River dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) at a provisioning site in the Amazon, Brazil

MD Vidal, PM da Costa Santos… - … American Journal of …, 2022 - lajamjournal.org
Provisioning food to wildlife is a strategy used to habituate animals to human proximity
during tourism activities, but it can contribute to changes in individual behavior and social …

Habitat Map** and Spatiotemporal Overlap of the Amazon River Dolphin, Fishers, and Tourism in the Central Region of the Brazilian Amazon

CY Fung, BG Peter, CS Simmons - Conservation, 2023 - mdpi.com
Over the past several decades, concern has grown over the rising mortality of the Amazon
river dolphin ('boto') from increased human–dolphin interactions. Among these interactions …

Virulence factors of Gram-negative bacteria from free-ranging Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis)

MFG Rocha, EM Diógenes, VL Carvalho… - Antonie van …, 2023 - Springer
Freshwater cetaceans play a significant role as sentinel animals, providing important data
on animal species and aquatic ecosystem health. They also may serve as potential …