Educational resources on Tucuxi

Tucuxi or Sotalia fluviatilis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Data Deficient . IUCN Profile of the Tucuxi

Academic web links for the Tucuxi.

tucuxi
Common Name: Tucuxi Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Delphinidae Genus: Sotalia Species: Sotalia fluviatilis
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/tucuxi.htm

ADW: Sotalia fluviatilis: Information
Sotalia fluviatilis, commonly known as the tucuxi or river dolphin, includes two subspecies, the riverine S. f. fluviatilis, and the marine S. f. guianensis.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Sotalia_fluviatilis.html

Travel Programs
The tucuxi engage in avoidance behaviors and male tucuxi display aggressive behaviors toward the bottlenose when they approach. At times, successful attempts to mate did appear to
www.southampton.liu.edu/news/travel/costarica04.html

River Dolphins
On the other hand, the tucuxi are a new arrival and are unquestionably related to today’s marine dolphins. The boto, like their extinct ancestors, have unfused necks and they
lilt.ilstu.edu/psanders/litsearch/riverdolphins.htm

for spider: static text only
Tucuxi Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais, 1853). Pp. 43-69 in S. H. Ridgway and R. Harrison, eds. Handbook of marine mammals, Volume 5 The first book of dolphins.
seamap.env.duke.edu/species/tsn/180422

ADW: Delphinidae: Classification
taxon. ... tucuxi)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Delphinidae.html

ASK Archive 2001: Fresh water whales?
Irrawaddy dolphins, tucuxi dolphins, and finless porpoises. Beluga whales spend a lot of time in rivers and rivermouths. The St. Lawrence population of belugas lives full time in
whale.wheelock.edu/archives/ask01/0143.html

Arts Integration
Highlight everything you read about the Tucuxi in one color while highlighting everything you read about the Boto in another
www.neiu.edu/~middle/Modules/science%20mods/amazon%20components/AmazonComponents3.html

About Us
She is currently studying the interspecific interactions between bottlenose and tucuxi dolphins in Costa Rica. Treasurer Jill Maroo - Jill has been actively involved in the
www.usm.edu/psy-kuczaj/gcsc/aboutus.htm

AmazonAnimals
Grey river dolphins (the Grey dolphin or tucuxi is pinkish when young, grey as adult. The Pink dolphin or boto is always pink and has a low spinal ridge instead of
marcus.whitman.edu/~yancey/amazonanimals.html