There are quite a few different names that you may here the Baiji Dolphin called. They include the Chinese River Dolphin and the Goddess of the Yangtze. In some areas they are also referred to as the Whitefin Dolphin, but it is one and the same. They can sometimes be confused though with the Chinese White Dolphin that is separate.
The Baiji Dolphin features a streamlined body that makes it easy for them to swim well but not to exert too much energy. The flippers are round and they have a snout that is turned upward at the end like a beak. They don’t have any hair on them at all. The eyes are small and they are sitting higher on the head then for other species. They are a light bluish gray color and have white on the belly. Each side of the mouth may have 30 to 36 teeth, and they feature them both on the lower and upper jaw regions.
They are one of the few species of dolphins that don’t have two stomachs. However, the main stomach that they have is divided into three chambers. They can be up to 8 feet long and weigh as much as 500 pounds. The females tend to be longer and heavier than the mature males.
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