Baiji

The Baiji was also called the Yangtze River dolphin and Whitefin Dolphin. It was a freshwater dolphin found only in the Yangtze River in China. The nickname for it was “Goddess of the Yangtze.”

The population of this kind dolphin declined drastically in recent decades. One of the reasons is the heavy use of the river for fishing, transportation, and hydroelectricity. The last known living baiji was Qi Qi who died in 2002. Even some people reported that they discovered the baiji in the river in the later year, no more evidence to support the existence of baiji.