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La Plata River Dolphin

Educational resources on La Plata River Dolphin

La Plata River Dolphin or Pontoporia blainvillei is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Data Deficient . IUCN Profile of the La Plata River Dolphin

Academic web links for the La Plata River Dolphin.


ADW: Platanistidae: Information
...four separate families: Iniidae (South American river dolphin), Lipotidae (Chinese river dolphin), Platanistidae (Indian river dolphins), and Pontoporidae ( La Plata river dolphin)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Platanistidae.html

riverdolphins
Finally, the La Plata River Dolphin, an uncommon species is found in the coastal waters of Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, and the La Plata estuary (May 1990).
kingfish.coastal.edu/marine/375/riverdolphins.html

Hamilton et al 2001 -- Taxa
La Plata river dolphin: Z7351: AF334488: AF334518: AF334500: Delleuc: Delphinapterus leucas: beluga: Z7684: X92531: U13084: AF334501: Monmono: Monodon monoceros: narwhal
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/archdata/Hamiltonetal01/Hamilton_etal_2001_Taxa.html

whale.wheelock.edu
...<TR><TD> La Plata River Dolphin</TD><TD><EM> Pontoporia blainvillei </EM></TD><TD> No Special Status </TD></TR> <TR><TD> Northern Right Whale Dolphin</TD><TD><EM> Lissodelphis
whale.wheelock.edu/archives/whalenet99/0313.html

Cook Lab - Current Projects
Phylogeographic variation in the Rio de La Plata river dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei THESIS (Student of Dr. Enrique Lessa) Marila Lazaro, M.S.
www.msb.unm.edu/mammals/Cook/projects.html

Marino CV Winter 2006
Marino L (1998) Brain growth patterns in the La Plata River dolphin ( Pontoporia blainvillei ). Aquatic Mammals 24: 111-116. Marino L (1998) Quantifying brain-behavior relations in
www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/pdf_attachments/Marino_CV.pdf

Fish 475: Marine Mammalogy
Odontocete families: The river dolphins: Platanistidae Iniidae Lipotidae Pontoporiidae Boto (Iniidae) La Plata River dolphin (Franciscana; Pontoporiidae )
faculty.washington.edu/glennvb/fish475/Lecture%20-%201%20April%202009.pdf

Silent Spring: Andy Warhol’s "Endangered Species" and "Vanishing ...
Included are chapters on the California Condor, the Galapagos Tortoise, the Komodo Monitor, and the La Plata River Dolphin.
museums.richmond.edu/lrgexhibitions/warhol.html

Silent Spring: Andy Warhol's Endangered Species and Vanishing Animals ...
Included are chapters on the California Condor, the Galapagos Tortoise, the Komodo Monitor, and the La Plata River Dolphin. This exhibition presents copies of the book as well as
oncampus.richmond.edu/news/dec04/Warhol.html

Cetacea
3) La Plata river dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei) → coastal waters of. Argentina & S. Brazil
www.lcsc.edu/mjbrady/mammalogy%20lectures/Mammals%20of%20the%20world/cetacea.htm







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