Biology:Sotalia

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Short description: Genus of mammals

Sotalia
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Jumping Sotalia in the Orinoco river
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

S. fluviatilis
S. guianensis

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]

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

References

  1. "Sotalia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180421. Retrieved January 26, 2013. 
  2. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14300079. 
  3. Cunha, H.A.; V.M.F. da Silva; J. Lailson-Brito Jr.; M.C.O. Santos; P.A.C. Flores; A.R. Martin; A.F. Azevedo; A.B.L. Fragoso et al. (2005). "Riverine and marine ecotypes of Sotalia dolphins are different species". Marine Biology 148 (2): 449–457. doi:10.1007/s00227-005-0078-2. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Sotalia guianensis, Guiana Dolphin, Costero". Convention on Migratory Species. 2010. http://www.cms.int/reports/small%5Fcetaceans/data/S_guianensis/s_guianensis.htm. 
  5. "Wilson & Readers Mammals Species of the World". https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14300080. 
  6. IUCN redlist.org
  7. Caballero S, Trujillo F, Vianna JA, Barrios-Garrido H, Montiel MG, Beltran-Pedreros S, Marmontel M, Santos MC, Rossi-Santos M, Santos FR, Baker CS (2007) Taxonomic status of the genus Sotalia: species level ranking for 'tucuxi' (Sotalia fluviatilis) and 'costero' (Sotalia guianensis) dolphins. Mar Mamm Sci 23: 358-386.

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1341231 entry