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Inia
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Inia

Inia is a genus of river dolphins from South America. It contains one to three species.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Amazon River Dolphin

speciesInia geoffrensis

Bolivian River Dolphin

speciesInia boliviensis

Araguaian River Dolphin

speciesInia araguaiaensis

Orinoco River Dolphin

speciesInia humboldtiana

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Inia in Worksop Bestiary

Worksop Bestiary

Anonymous · 1185 · p.53

Inia in Worksop Bestiary

Worksop Bestiary

Anonymous · 1185 · p.58

Inia in Worksop Bestiary

Worksop Bestiary

Anonymous · 1185 · p.69

Inia in Livre des merveilles du monde (Book of the Marvels of the World)

Livre des merveilles du monde (Book of the Marvels of the World)

Anonymous compiler (excerpts from Pliny, Solinus, Gervase of Tilbury) · 1460 · p.8

Inia in Book of Felicity (Matali‘ al-sa‘adet)

Book of Felicity (Matali‘ al-sa‘adet)

Translated under Sultan Murad III; miniatures by workshop of Nakkaş Osman · 1582 · p.150

Inia in Illuminated Manuscripts in Classical and Medieval Times

Illuminated Manuscripts in Classical and Medieval Times

J.H. Middleton · 1890 · p.82

Inia in Le Livre de la chasse (The Book of the Hunt)

Le Livre de la chasse (The Book of the Hunt)

Gaston III Phœbus, Count of Foix · n.d. · p.7

Inia in Livre des merveilles du monde (Book of the Marvels of the World)

Livre des merveilles du monde (Book of the Marvels of the World)

Anonymous compiler (excerpts from Pliny, Solinus, Gervase of Tilbury) · 1460 · p.63

Inia in Houghton Library. MS Typ 150. Fiore di virtu.

Houghton Library. MS Typ 150. Fiore di virtu.

1450 · p.13

Inia in Bestiary

Bestiary

Anonymous · 1240 · p.175

Inia in ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt (MS Nn.3.74)

ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt (MS Nn.3.74)

Zakariya al-Qazwini · 1500 · p.427

Inia in Museum of the Royal Society

Museum of the Royal Society

Nehemiah Grew · 1681 · p.464

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41471.