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Yangtze river dolphin
Scientific name: Lipotes vexillifer
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Family: LIPOTIDAE
Group: Mammals
Shyness: Very shy
Safe distance: m
Breeding season / Courtship: 02.02-30.04;09.09-30.11
Gestation: 300-330 jours
Births: 15.02-30.04
Habitat:
Yangtze River and tributaries
Description:
The baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin, was a freshwater mammal endemic to China’s Yangtze River, measuring 2–2.5 m in length and weighing 135–230 kg, with a streamlined pale grey-blue body and a long, slightly upturned beak. It relied on echolocation to feed on fish and shrimp in the river’s turbulent, silt-laden waters.
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