January 12, 1980 (the Kang Xi winter months 25), of Hunan Yueyang Mausoleum Angeles captured a live baiji. January 12, 2011


1980, Hunan Yueyang Mausoleum Angeles fisheries production team was caught in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Dongting Lake and the mouth of a living baiji, length 1.5 m, weight 65 kg, which is the time of our capture first vivo baiji, a live body in the world's first river dolphin.
about living in the Yangtze River 25 million years of the baiji, Miocene and Pliocene extension deposit larvae since ancient relic species. The baiji small individual members of the cetacean family, and the world's five species of freshwater dolphins (pull puffer fish, puffer Asia Platanistidae printed puffer, dolphin) survived a head and the least number of. Due to the small number of odd river dolphin is not only listed as a protected animal in China, is one of the world's 12 most endangered animals. River dolphin, also known as white dolphin, the baiji, a white flag. Vertebrate door, Mammalia, Cetacea, toothed whales sub-projects. Originally the freshwater dolphin Branch, the late 1970s, according to the recommendations of the Chinese scientists, Professor Zhou Kaiya, set up a separate baiji Section. Cetacea baiji Division baiji only species of the genus. For the Chinese specialties freshwater toothed cetaceans, located in the Yangtze River middle and lower reaches. Also found in the Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake, Qiantang.