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Baiji
Lipotes vexillifer
The baiji (Chinese: 白鱀豚; pinyin: báijìtún (help·info), Lipotes vexillifer, Lipotes meaning "left behind", vexillifer "flag bearer") is a functionally extinct species of freshwater dolphin formerly found only in the Yangtze River in China. Nicknamed "Goddess of the Yangtze" (simplified Chinese: 长江女神; traditional Chinese: 長江女神; pinyin: Cháng Jiāng nǚshén) in China, the dolphin is also called Chinese river dolphin, Yangtze River dolphin, whitefin dolphin and Yangtze dolphin. It was regarded as the goddess of protection by local fishermen...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.22
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Herbs
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.36
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants and Trees
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.66
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 11)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.84
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 31)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.15
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41468.