Platanista minor Owen 1853

Platanista minor Owen 1853, Descrip. Cat. Osteol. R. Mus. Coll. Surgeons, Vol. 2: 448.

Type Locality: Pakistan, "from the Indus" River.

Vernacular Names: Indus River Dolphin.

Synonyms: Platanista indi Blyth 1859 .

Distribution: Pakistan, Indus River system.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered as P. gangetica minor .

Discussion: Reviewed by Reeves and Brownell (1989). See Van Bree (1976). Formerly included in gangetica; see Pilleri and Gihr (1971) and Pilleri and Gihr (1976 b, 1976 a).