HABITAT

The Amazon river dolphin, also known as the pink or boto

dolphin, lives in freshwater in the Amazon and Orinoco river
basins in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru,
and Venezuela. It is a relatively abundant freshwater
cetacean with an estimated population in the tens of
thousands.
DISCRIPTION
The pink dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), known locally as bufeo,
is the largest species of river dolphin, with a maximum
length of 2.5 meters in length. Although it is called the pink
dolphin, adults can be pink or gray in color and newborns
are always grey.
In Peru the pink dolphin names
The pink dolphin is one of the emblematic species of the
Amazon. It is also called Boto or Bufeo and is the largest
freshwater dolphin.
FOOD

It feeds on more than 50 different species of fish,

sometimes eating crabs, mollusks, and freshwater turtles. It
is the only dolphin that has a flexible neck, which can be
moved from side to side, which is an advantage when
navigating through the trees in flooded forests.

REPRODUCTION
 The gestation period is believed to last between nine to
twelve months. The females give birth when the Amazon
River is at its highest level, between the months of May and
July. Females give birth to a single pup every two to three
years, and lactation lasts for more than a year.