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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
--> FAMILY Platanistidae
--> GENUS Platanista
SPECIES Platanista minor
| Author: | Owen, 1853. | | Citation: | Descrip. Cat. Osteol. R. Mus. Coll. Surgeons, 2: 448. | | Common Name: | Indus River Dolphin | | Type Locality: | Pakistan, "from the Indus" River. | | Distribution: | Pakistan, Indus River system. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered as P. gangetica minor. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Reeves and Brownell (1989). See Van Bree (1976). Formerly included in gangetica; see Pilleri and Gihr (1971) and Pilleri and Gihr (1976b, 1976a). |
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