Editing Amazon River (section)

==== Mammals ====
[[File:NOVO AIRÃO.JPG|thumb|[[Amazon river dolphin]]]]

Along with the Orinoco, the Amazon is one of the main habitats of the ''[[boto]]'', also known as the [[Amazon river dolphin]] (''Inia geoffrensis''). It is the largest species of [[river dolphin]], and it can grow to lengths of up to {{cvt|2.6|m|ft|sp=us}}. The colour of its skin changes with age; young animals are gray, but become pink and then white as they mature. The dolphins use [[Animal echolocation|echolocation]] to navigate and hunt in the river's tricky depths.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amazon River Dolphin |url=http://rainforest-alliance.org/kids/species-profiles/river-dolphin |publisher=Rainforest Alliance |access-date=20 March 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301063907/http://rainforest-alliance.org/kids/species-profiles/river-dolphin |archive-date=1 March 2011}}</ref> The ''boto'' is the subject of a legend in Brazil about a [[dolphin]] that turns into a man and seduces maidens by the riverside.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cravalho |first1=Michael A. |title=Shameless Creatures: an Ethnozoology of the Amazon River Dolphin |journal=Ethnology |date=1999 |volume=38 |issue=1 |pages=47–58 |doi=10.2307/3774086 |jstor=3774086}}</ref>

The [[tucuxi]] (''Sotalia fluviatilis''), also a dolphin species, is found both in the rivers of the Amazon basin and in the coastal waters of South America. The [[Amazonian manatee]] (''Trichechus inunguis''), also known as "seacow", is found in the northern Amazon River basin and its tributaries. It is a mammal and a herbivore. Its population is limited to freshwater habitats, and, unlike other manatees, it does not venture into saltwater. It is classified as vulnerable by the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.livescience.com/27405-manatees.html |title=Manatees: Facts About Sea Cows |work=Live Science |access-date=17 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617115739/https://www.livescience.com/27405-manatees.html |archive-date=17 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Amazon and its tributaries are the main habitat of the [[giant otter]] (''Pteronura brasiliensis'').<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z0zfBQAAQBAJ&q=The+Amazon+and+its+tributaries+are+the+main+habitat+of+the+giant+otter+(Pteronura+brasiliensis).&pg=PA36 |title=Forests |last=Balliett |first=James Fargo |year=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-47033-5 |language=en |access-date=15 October 2020 |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102052634/https://books.google.com/books?id=z0zfBQAAQBAJ&q=The+Amazon+and+its+tributaries+are+the+main+habitat+of+the+giant+otter+%28Pteronura+brasiliensis%29.&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q=The%20Amazon%20and%20its%20tributaries%20are%20the%20main%20habitat%20of%20the%20giant%20otter%20(Pteronura%20brasiliensis).&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> Sometimes known as the "river wolf," it is one of South America's top carnivores. Because of habitat destruction and hunting, its population has dramatically decreased. It is now listed on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which effectively bans international trade.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.arkive.org/giant-otter/pteronura-brasiliensis/ |title=Giant otter videos, photos and facts – Pteronura brasiliensis |website=Arkive |language=en-GB |access-date=2 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107031811/http://www.arkive.org/giant-otter/pteronura-brasiliensis/ |archive-date=7 January 2018 }}</ref>