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Platanistidae is a
family of
river dolphins containing the
extant Ganges river dolphin and
Indus river dolphin (both in the
genus Platanista) but also...
- superfamilies,
Platanistoidea and Inioidea. They
comprise the
families Platanistidae (the
South Asian dolphins), the
possibly extinct Lipotidae (Yangtze...
- gangetica) is a
species of
freshwater dolphin classified in the
family Platanistidae. It
lives in the
Ganges and
related rivers of
South Asia,
namely in...
- (Platanista minor) is a
species of
freshwater dolphin in the
family Platanistidae. It is
endemic to the
Indus River basin in ****stan and Beas
River in...
- Iniidae, Kogiidae, Lipotidae, Monodontidae, Phocoenidae, Physeteridae,
Platanistidae, Pontoporiidae, Ziphiidae, and Hippopotamidae, and
includes the aquatic...
- skin is
usually wrinkled; and it has no
teeth on the
upper jaw. The
Platanistidae were
originally thought to hold only one
species (the
South Asian river...
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diverged 550,000
years ago. They are the only
living members of the
family Platanistidae and the
superfamily Platanistoidea.
Fossils of
ancient relatives date...
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Dolphins belong to the
families Delphinidae (the
oceanic dolphins),
Platanistidae (the
Indian river dolphins),
Iniidae (the New
World river dolphins)...
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Marine mammals comprise over 130
living and
recently extinct species in
three taxonomic orders. The
Society for
Marine Mammalogy, an
international scientific...
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Family Kogiidae: (2 species)
dwarf sperm whales (cosmopolitan)
Family Platanistidae: (2 species)
South Asian river dolphin (Southern Asia)
Family Iniidae:...
