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closeFranciscana is marine
Posted by asbarreto on 01 Aug 2011 at 18:07 GMT
three freshwater species (Baiji, Franciscana
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0022562#article1.body1.sec3.sec3.p1
As noted in other parts of the article, the Franciscana (<i>Pontoporia blainvillei</i>) inhabits costal marine environments, not freshwater.
RE: Franciscana is marine
lmaycollado replied to asbarreto on 01 Aug 2011 at 20:36 GMT
Thanks for the comment.
Yes you are right Franciscana is marine and we said it initially "two marine species (sperm whale, Franciscana dolphin)" the subsequent times referred as freshwater was an error from my part. Thanks for the observation.