The Amazon river dolphin, also known as the pink river dolphin or boto, lives only in freshwater It is found throughout much of the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela It is a relatively abundant freshwater cetacean with an estimated population in the tens of thousands An Amazon river dolphin, also called a boto, pauses for an underwater portrait in Brazil Photograph by Flip Nicklin, Minden Pictures, NatAmazon River Dolphin facts and information Type Mammal Diet Carnivore Average lifespan in the wild 45 to 50 years Size 10 to 14 ft (3 to 42 m) Weight 1,100 lbs (500 kg) Group name Pod The Amazon River Dolphin, is a freshwater river dolphin endemic to the Orinoco, Amazon and Araguaia/Tocantins River systems of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru
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