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 8
Lipotes canonical 3

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 (11)

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
Zhou, Qian & Li → workSubject → Lipotes vexillifer ⓘ
linked to: Lipotes