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Platanista gangetica minor Owen, 1853 
AphiaID: 254969

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Platanistidae (Family) > Platanista (Genus) > Platanista gangetica (Species)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801)
Synonymised
taxa
  Susu gangetica Hershkovitz, 1966 (synonym)
Source  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Indus river dolphin  [details]
Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Links MarineBio.org
To ITIS
Note  IUCN Red List Category: Endangered (EN) [details]
Edit
history
 
Date   action   by
2007-12-22 19:25:59 GMT  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36 GMT  checked  Perrin, William
2009-01-07 16:13:45 GMT  changed  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2009). Platanista gangetica minor Owen, 1853. In: Perrin, W.F. World Cetacea Database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254969 on 2010-02-09
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