PLATANISTIDAE, Gray, 1846
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6607641 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D49D5B-DE05-FFDD-09DB-3C6E68F5FB7C |
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Diego |
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PLATANISTIDAE |
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Family PLATANISTIDAE View in CoL
(SOUTH ASIAN RIVER DOLPHIN)
• Medium-sized, stocky river dolphin with very long beak, diminished ayes, large blunt pectoralflippers, and tiny dorsal fin.
• 170-260 cm. View Figure
• Indo-Malayan Region. View Figure
• Large and medium-sized fresh or brackish rivers in the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river basins in South Asia.
• 1 genera, 1 species, 2 taxa.
• | species Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.
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