Scientific Name:

Lipotes vexillifer

Length:

2.3 m / 7.5 ft

Weight:

230 kg / 510 lb

Age:

up to 28 years

Total Population:

less than 3 individuals

Map Range:

In the 1950s, the population was estimated at 6,000 animals,
but declined rapidly over the subsequent five decades.
Only a few hundred were left by 1970.
Then the number dropped down to 400 by the 1980s and then
to 13 in 1997 when a full-fledged search was conducted.
Now the most endangered cetacean in the world.

Captivity

Current Chinese River Dolphins in Captivity

There are currently no Chinese River Dolphins in captivity.

Past Chinese River Dolphins in Captivity:

Institute of Hydrobiology Wuhan.