Lipotes vexillifer - #3616
Baiji
Adult male, Xi Xi. Captured at China, Hunan province, mouth of Dongting Lake January, 1980; died in 2002. Formerly in order Cetacea. Formerly in Iniidae.
Geographic Distribution
Formerly in middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze (Yángzi Jiang) river, China. Presumably extinct.
Order/Family
Lipotidae
Genus
Lipotes
Specific Epithet
vexillifer
Image Location
China, Hubei province, Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology, Baiji Dolphinarium
Image Date
24 December 2001
Photographer
D Wang