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Which critically endangered freshwater dolphin, once native to the Yangtze River and nicknamed the 'Goddess of the Yangtze', was declared functionally extinct in 2006?
Answer: Baiji — The baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) was the first dolphin species driven to extinction by human activity—pollution, dam construction, boat traffic and overfishing wiped out a species that had existed for 20 million years.
- A Baiji ✓
- B Finless porpoise
- C Irrawaddy dolphin
- D Amazon river dolphin
The baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) was the first dolphin species driven to extinction by human activity—pollution, dam construction, boat traffic and overfishing wiped out a species that had existed for 20 million years.