Amazon river dolphin
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| phylum | Chordata | The Amazon river dolphin, or Boto, is a freshwater river dolphin endemic to the Orinoco, Amazon and Araguaia/Tocantins River systems of Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. Although not a large cetacean in general terms, this dolphin is the largest freshwater cetacean; it can grow larger than a human.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Cetacea | |
| suborder | Odontoceti | |
| family | Iniidae | |
| genus | Inia | |
| species | I. geoffrensis |
