All species are either Critically Endangered (Irrawaddy and Yangtze finless porpoise) or Endangered (Amazon, Ganges, Indus and Tucuxi). A 7th species - the Chinese river dolphin - was declared ...

Also declared extinct in 2006, the Chinese Yangtze river dolphin was a pale, putty-coloured mammal that looked rather less sleek and elegant than its sea-swimming cousins. Its plain looks hid a ...

[8] They hope finless porpoises do not follow the fate of the baiji, the Chinese river dolphin, which is also a freshwater cetacean. It has not been spotted in the wild for 20 years and was ...

Chinese white dolphins lead a precarious existence in the Pearl River Delta. The population in Hong Kong waters had fallen by over 80 per cent in the previous 15 years, a 2020 emergency action ...

Significant differences prove Indus river dolphin and Ganges river dolphin are two separate species After two decades of research, scientists have recognised the Endangered Indus and Ganges river ...