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

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11329843

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scientific name

Platanista gangetica (Roxburgh 1801)
status

 

Platanista gangetica (Roxburgh 1801) View in CoL

[Delphinus] gangeticus Roxburgh 1801 View in CoL , 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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Platanistidae

Genus

Platanista

Loc

Platanista gangetica (Roxburgh 1801)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Delphinus] gangeticus

Roxburgh 1801: 170
1801
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