The Amazon river dolphin, also known as the pink river dolphin or boto, lives only in freshwater It is found throughout much of 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 thousandsPink river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis), also known as Amazon river dolphins and botos, are born gray and become pink as they age They are the largest of the freshwater dolphin species and are mainly found in the tributaries and rivers of the Amazon and Orinoco river systems of South America Unlike other dolphins, the neck vertebrae of pink river dolphins are not fused, givingAnimals and Plant Life The Amazon River has a incredible rich ecosystem Around 40,000 plant species, 3,000 different types of fish, 430 mammals, and 25 million different insects living in the floor of the Amazon River (Schultz) It has it's very own Pink River Dolphin which is home to many ("Amazon Facts")
Pink River Dolphin Ms By Allana Ossher
