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  IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Pontoporia blainvillei (Rio Grande do Sul/Uruguay subpopulation)
Aznar, F.J., Balbuena, J.A. and Raga, J.A. Helminth communities of Pontoporia blainvillei (Cetacea: Pontoporiidae) in Argentinean waters.
Aznar, F.J., Raga, J.A., Corcuera, J. and Monzón, F. Helminths as biological tags for Franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) (Cetacea, Pontoporiidae) in Argentinean and Uruguayan waters.
Bassoi, M. and Secchi, E.R. Temporal variation in the diet of Franciscana Pontoporia blainvillei (Cetacea, Pontoporiidae) as a consequence of fish stocks depletion off southern Brazil.
www.redlist.org /search/details.php?species=41761   (3984 words)

  
 dolphins - definition from Biology-Online.org
Mammals of the families delphinidae (ocean dolphins), iniidae, lipotidae, pontoporiidae, and platanistidae (all river dolphins).
The common name dolphin is applied to small cetaceans having a beaklike snout and a slender, streamlined body, whereas porpoises are small cetaceans with a blunt snout and rather stocky body.
They have remarkable group precision and regularity of movement.
www.biology-online.org /dictionary/dolphins   (68 words)

  
 Cetacea - Toothed Whales - River Dolphins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ten families are featured within the suborder Odontoceti, with over seventy species currently recognised.
These families are Physeteridae (sperm whales), Kogiidae (pygmy and dwarf sperm whales), Monodontidae (narwhals and belugas), Ziphiidae (beaked whales), Delphinidae (true dolphins), Phocoenidae (porpoises), Iniidae (botos), Pontoporiidae (fransiscanas), Lioptidae (baijis) and Plantanistidae (South Asian river dolphins).
River dolphins live either entirely or partly in freshwater.
www.cetacea.org /new/species/riverdolphins.php   (181 words)

  
 Dolphins
Additional Information: Dolphins are small whales in the families Delphinidae (marine dolphins, 34 species), Iniidae (Amazon dolphins, 2 species), Lipotidae (whitefin dolphin, 1 species), Platanistidae (Ganges and Indus dolphins, 2 species), and Pontoporiidae (La Plata dolphin,
This page was last updated on August 18th, 2005
Description of the family Pontoporiidae and its one species, Pontoporia blainvillei.
www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Cetacea/Toothed_Whales/Dolphins   (753 words)

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