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lnia geoffrensis (De Blainville, 1817)
Amazon river dolphin
Conservation Status:
- Listed in Annex 2 of the International
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES);
- Listed in Annex C1 (strictly protected)
of Regulation 3626/82 of the European Union;
- Protected by the US Marine Mammals Protection
Act (MMPA);
- Listed as "vulnerable" by the
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN);
- Protected in Peru since 1996
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Distribution
in Peru:
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Present threats:
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Amazon basin (Rivers in Peru: Putumayo,
Napo, Tigre, Marañon, Huallaga, Ucayali, Amazonas)
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• By-catch,
• Hydroelectric dams,
• Deforestation,
• Contamination from agriculture, industries and mining.
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