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SPECIES Pontoporia blainvillei

Author:Gervais and d'Orbigny, 1844.
Citation:Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1844: 39.
Common Name:Franciscana
Type Locality:Uruguay, "qui a été pris ŕ Montevideo" = mouth of the Rio de La Plata near Montevideo.
Distribution:Brazil to Argentina: coastal waters from Doce River, Regencia, Espírito Santo to Peninsula Valdez, including the Rio de la Plata.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient, except for the Rio Grande do Sul/Uruguay subpopulation, which is Vulnerable.
Comments:Reviewed by Brownell (1989).
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    tenuirostris Malm, 1871

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