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Inia d'Orbigny, 1834 
AphiaID: 254959

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Iniidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Iniidae Gray, 1846
Sources  basis of record: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Inia boliviensis d'Orbigny, 1834
Species Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)

Species Inia amazonicus Pelzeln, 1883 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)
Species Inia canadensis Gray, 1846 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Species Inia geoffroyensis Austin, 1897 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)
Species Inia geoffroyi Bates, 1863 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)
Species Inia geoffroyii Gray, 1846 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)
Species Inia humboldtiana Pilleri & Gihr, 1978 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)
Environment fresh
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Image 
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 33)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 33)
added on 2008-06-03 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-01-18 17:40:22
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254959
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-12-22 19:25:59Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
2009-03-11 12:36:54Z  changed  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Inia d'Orbigny, 1834. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254959 on 2013-06-19
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