Sotalia guianensis Van Beneden 1864 (dolphin)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combination: Delphinus guianensis
Belongs to Sotalia according to H. A. Cunha et al. 2005
See also da Silva and Best 1996, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson 2021, Mead and Brownell 2005, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Sotalia fluviatilis, Sotalia maculiventer
Type specimen: Its type locality is Maroni River, which is in a Holocene fluvial horizon in Suriname
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Suriname (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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