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MCCH00-11008

Yangtze river dolphin or baiji (Lipotes vexillifer)
Critically endangered - officially declared extinct late 2007
This individual (a male called Qi-Qi) was photographed in captivity in 1988 at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Wuhan, China
Extremely rare photograph - very few in existence
Other names: beiji, Chinese river dolphin

Mark Carwardine