Lipotes

E145663

Lipotes is a genus of freshwater river dolphins best known for the baiji, a critically endangered or possibly extinct species once native to China’s Yangtze River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lipotes vexillifer 7
Lipotes canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus
taxon
belongsToBiogeographicRealm Oriental
Palearctic
linked to: Palearctic realm
class Mammalia
commonName Yangtze river dolphin genus
conservationStatusOfGenus critically endangered
possibly extinct
containsTaxon Lipotes vexillifer
linked to: Lipotes
describedBy Zhou Kaiya
Zhou, Qian & Li
linked to: Zhou
ecologicalNiche freshwater apex predator
family Iniidae
hasBodyEnvironment freshwater rivers
hasConservationConcern functional extinction risk
hasDiet aquatic invertebrates
fish
hasFeedingType carnivorous
hasLanguageOfScientificName Latin
hasLocomotionType aquatic swimming
hasMember baiji
hasMorphologicalType toothed whale
hasRespirationType air-breathing
hasSensoryAbility echolocation
hasVertebrateType mammal
infraorder Cetacea
isDolphinGenus true
isEndemicTo Yangtze River basin
isMonotypic true
isSubjectOf river dolphin conservation studies
IUCNStatusOfRepresentativeSpecies Critically Endangered
Possibly Extinct in the Wild
kingdom Animalia
nativeHabitat freshwater
river systems
nativeRange China
Yangtze River
notableFor baiji
order Artiodactyla
parentTaxon Iniidae
phylum Chordata
reproduction viviparous
suborder Odontoceti
taxonAuthor Zhou, Qian & Li
taxonRank genus
typeSpecies Lipotes vexillifer
yearDescribed 1980

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

baiji genus Lipotes
baiji species Lipotes vexillifer
linked to: Lipotes
baiji binomialName Lipotes vexillifer
linked to: Lipotes
Yangtze river dolphin scientificName Lipotes vexillifer
subject linked to: Yangtze river dolphin (baiji)
linked to: Lipotes
Yangtze river dolphin genus Lipotes
subject linked to: Yangtze river dolphin (baiji)
Lipotidae containsTaxon Lipotes vexillifer
linked to: Lipotes
Lipotidae typeSpecies Lipotes vexillifer
linked to: Lipotes
Lipotidae includesExtinctTaxon Lipotes vexillifer
linked to: Lipotes
Lipotes containsTaxon Lipotes vexillifer
linked to: Lipotes