PLATANISTIDAE, Gray, 1846

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2014, Platanistidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 358-363 : 358

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6607641

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6607625

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D49D5B-DE05-FFDD-09DB-3C6E68F5FB7C

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scientific name

PLATANISTIDAE
status

 

Family PLATANISTIDAE View in CoL

(SOUTH ASIAN RIVER DOLPHIN)

• Medium-sized, stocky river dolphin with very long beak, diminished ayes, large blunt pectoralflippers, and tiny dorsal fin.

• 170-260 cm. View Figure

• Indo-Malayan Region. View Figure

• Large and medium-sized fresh or brackish rivers in the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river basins in South Asia.

• 1 genera, 1 species, 2 taxa.

• | species Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Platanistidae

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