Pontoporiidae is a family of toothed whales, containing the extant genus Pontoporia, and ten extinct genera.[1] Pontoporia contains the sole extant species, the La Plata dolphin, which is endemic to South America.
Pontoporiidae Temporal range: | |
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La Plata Dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Parvorder: | Odontoceti |
Superfamily: | Inioidea |
Family: | Pontoporiidae Gray, 1870 |
Genera | |
†Auroracetus |
References
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