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Chinese River Dolphin / Baiji / Yangtze River Dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries
Extinction by Human Activities, Other Species Also Vulnerable [pdf] (September 2007 Press Release) "Functionally Extinct." baiji.org, 2006. International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Chinese River Dolphin Species Information Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS-SEAMAP) Chinese River Dolphin Species Profile Baiji.org Freshwater Dolphin Species Guide ...
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IRN Publications: Working Papers: River Dolphins: Can They Be Saved?
Dams sometimes reduce flows of fresh water by trapping freshwater in their reservoirs and irrigation canals. Dams also fragment river dolphin populations into small and genetically-isolated populations that become highly vulnerable to extinction because populations downstream of dams can not migrate across dams to interbreed. Dams change ...
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Ocean Alliance - WHALE CONSERVATION INSTITUTE
The North Atlantic right whale, named because right whale whalers kill, actually become extinct during lifetime. The Chinese river dolphin almost certainly doomed extinction, species live rivers near humans very likely meet same fate. Our oceans cluttered old, discarded, non-biodegradable fishing nets called ghost nets ...
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Save the Whales
Save the Whales BAIJI or BEIJI - Chinese River Dolphin Lipotes vexillifer www.mindenpictures.com (Miller, 1918) DERIVATION: Probably from the Greek leipo for "left behind," which refers to the restricted nature ... the Latin vexillum for "flag, banner"; the suffi fer for "carry, bear," referring to a Chinese word that supposedly means "white flag." Dolphins are so commonly thought of as ocean-dwelling ...
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BBC - Science & Nature - Conservation - Whales and dolphins
For more information about the Chinese river dolphin, see Wildfacts. The Gulf porpoise (vaquita) is critically endangered and one of the most ... are at particular risk from entanglement in fishing nets. For more information about the Maui's dolphin, see Wildfacts. This introduction has only touched on the plight of the world's cetaceans. ...
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What is the rarest dolphin?
What is the rarest dolphin? Dolphin Pictures Dolphin Information Dolphin Species Dolphin Posters Other Dolphin Links Tell A Dolphin-Friend! Dolphin Questions What is the rarest dolphin? The Beiji, or Chinese River Dolphin, is becoming very rare because the rivers where it lives are being polluted. Back To Questions E-mail Name Subscribe Contact us Advertise Our ...
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Dolphin - Defenders of Wildlife
They are mammals and breathe through a blowhole on the top of their head. Dolphin coloration varies, but they are generally gray in color with darker backs than the rest of ... Appendix II: all other dolphins), Endangered Species Act** (the Chinese River dolphin and the Indus River dolphin are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act), Marine Mammal Protection Act*** *Convention ...
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Endangered Dolphin
Where are they? The Chinese White Dolphin is almost always found near coastlines, and usually near a major river mouth. The Pearl River provides the brackish (estuarine) water favored by ... pigment in order to brighten their colorful appearance and heighten their appeal. Because the pink dolphin also feeds on these animals in the marshlands and flooded planes of the Amazon basin ...
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The Dolphin Institute - Resource Guide
In 1984, more MMPA Amendments were passed to in regards to the dolphin/tuna issue. The phrase "insignificant levels approaching zero" was redefined as a quota of "20, ... consist of the Steller sea lion. Other protected species in international waters include the Chinese and Indus River dolphins, the gray whales of the Western North Pacific population, the Gulf of ...
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EDGE of Existence :: Yangtze River dolphin
China. The word's highest ranking EDGE mammal. According to Chinese legend, this graceful freshwater dolphin is the reincarnation of a drowned princess. The baij has been declared a national treasure of ... whether local knowledge suggests that any dolphins might still survive in the degraded river system. The Yangtze River dolphin or baiji is the only living representative of an entire family of ...
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