Platanista gangetica (Roxburgh 1801)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 738

Platanista gangetica (Roxburgh 1801)

[Delphinus] gangeticus Roxburgh 1801 , Asiat. Res. Trans. Soc. (Calcutta ed.), Vol. 7: 170.

Type Locality: India, West Bengal, "in the Ganges... rivers, and creeks, which intersect in the delta of that river to the South, S. E. and east of Calcutta." (= Hooghly River, Ganges River delta).

Vernacular Names: Ganges River Dolphin.

Distribution: India, Nepal, and Bangladesh: Ganges, Bramaputra, Meghna, Karnaphuli, and Hooghly river systems.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Endangered as P. g. gangetica .

Discussion: Reviewed by Reeves and Brownell (1989). Formerly included minor (= indi ), see Van Bree (1976), Pilleri and Gihr (1971), and Pilleri (1978).