Inia geoffrensis — Common names

Amazon River Dolphin learn more about names for this taxon

Many people know organisms only by the common names, or "vernacular" names. Unlike scientific names, common names are almost always different for speakers of different languages. They may also vary regionally within a language. This tab shows all the common names provided to EOL for this organism from a variety of providers, including EOL curators. Currently we can only set one preferred common name per language on a given EOL page, but all the names should be searchable.

Common names listed by language

Preferred marks the preferred name for each language.

English

Name Sources Status
Amazon River Dolphin IUCN Red List, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Amazonian Dolphin uBio Unknown
Boto IUCN Red List, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Boutu IUCN Red List, uBio Trusted
Geoffroy's River Dolphin World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Pink River Dolphin IUCN Red List, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted

Czech

Name Sources Status
defínovec amazonský World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Dutch

Name Sources Status
orinocodolfijn World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

French

Name Sources Status
Dauphin de l'amazone IUCN Red List, uBio Trusted
Dauphin à museau grêle Unknown, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Inia IUCN Red List, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

German

Name Sources Status
Amazonas-Delphin World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Guarani

Name Sources Status
Inia d'Orbigny, 1834 uBio Unknown

Gujarati

Name Sources Status
inia (in Bolivia) uBio Unknown

Portuguese

Name Sources Status
boto World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Boto pretinho Unknown, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
boto vermelho World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Bouto World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Boutu World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

Spanish

Name Sources Status
Bufeo IUCN Red List, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
delfín colorado World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

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