Baiji - Wikipedia
The baiji (Lipotes vexillifer), is a possibly extinct species of freshwater dolphin native to the Yangtze river system in China. It is thought to be the first dolphin species driven to extinction due to the impact of humans.
Yangtze River Dolphins
The Yangtze River Dolphin, also widely known as Baiji Dolphin lives only in the middle and downstream reaches of the Yangtze River. The male grows up to 2.5 meters long and the female 2.3 meters and weighs between 100 & 150 kg. It maintains a …
The baiji: Why this extinct river dolphin still matters
2022年9月15日 · The baiji, Lipotes vexillifer, was a species of dolphin found exclusively in China's Yangtze River. It's sometimes also known as the white dolphin or Chinese river dolphin. Only a handful of dolphin species live in the world's river systems.
China lost its Yangtze River dolphin. Climate change is coming …
2022年9月17日 · Experts have expressed grave concern that other rare native Yangtze animal and plant species are likely to suffer a similar fate to the baiji river dolphin as worsening climate change and...
Baiji Dolphin Facts (Yangtze River Dolphin) - Fact Animal
This small, freshwater dolphin that is also sometimes called the Chinese river dolphin, the Han river dolphin, or Yangtze dolphin – hasn’t been spotted in over two decades.
Yangtze River Dolphin (Baiji) – IUCN – SSC Cetacean Specialist …
The Yangtze River dolphin or baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) was an obligate river dolphin endemic to the middle-lower Yangtze River [Changjiang] drainage and the neighbouring Qiantang River in eastern China.
Baiji - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
Baiji are native to the Yangtze River of China. Historically they occurred in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze from Yichang in the west to the mouth of the river, near to Shanghai, as well as in Poyang and Dongting lakes, and the smaller Qiantang River to the south.
Yangtze Finless Porpoise | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
The Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia, used to be one of the only two rivers in the world that was home to two different species of dolphin—the Yangtze finless porpoise and the Baiji dolphin.
Baiji - Whale & Dolphin Conservation USA
The Chinese river dolphin, or baiji, holds the unenviable record of being the first dolphin species driven to extinction by human beings. The mighty Yangtze River in China was the baiji’s home for 20 million years. It took less than 50 years for humans to wipe them out.
Baiji - Whale and Dolphin Conservation
The Chinese river dolphin, or baiji, holds the unenviable record of being the first dolphin species driven to extinction by human beings. The mighty Yangtze River in China was the baiji’s home for 20 million years. It took less than 50 years for humans to wipe them out.