Platanista gangetica

Platanista gangetica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Platanistoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Cladus: Pan-Euungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Cladus: Paraxonia Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Cladus: Cetaceamorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Pelagiceti Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Odontoceti Superfamilia: Platanistoidea

Familia: Platanistidae
Genus: Platanista
Species: Platanista gangetica

Name

Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801)

• Holotype: BMNH 1884.5.3.1, adult ♂, collected in November 1797.
• Type locality: “auf den Strand des Hugly-Flusses, 1 1/2 teutsche Meile von Calcutta”.

Combinations

• Delphinus gangeticus Lebeck, 1801: 280 [original combination]
• Platanista gangetica: Gray, 1847: 45 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Delphinus gangeticus Roxburgh, 1801: 170 [primary homonym]

References

Primary references

• Lebeck, H.J.† 1801. Delphinus gangeticus beschrieben. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, neue Schriften 3: 280–282. Google BooksReference page. 

Additional references

• Kinze, C.C. 2000. Rehabilitation of Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801) as the valid scientific name of the Ganges dolphin. Zoologische Mededelingen 74(11): 193–203. PDF Reference page. 
• Braulik, G.T., Barnett, R., Odon, V., Islas-Villanueva, V., Hoelzel, A.R. & Graves, J.A. 2015. One species or two? Vicariance, lineage divergence and low mtDNA diversity in geographically isolated populations of South Asian river dolphin. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 22(1): 111–120. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-014-9265-6 Reference page. 
• Braulik, G.T., Archer, F.I., Khan, U., Imran, M., Sinha, R.K., Jefferson, T.A., Donovan, C. & Graves, J.A. 2021. Taxonomic revision of the South Asian River dolphins (Platanista): Indus and Ganges River dolphins are separate species. Marine Mammal Science 37(3): 1022–1059. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12801 Reference page. 

Links

• Kelkar, N., Smith, B.D., Alom, M.Z., Dey, S., Paudel, S. & Braulik, G.T. 2022. IUCN: Platanista gangetica  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41756A50383346. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T41756A50383346.en. Accessed on 01 August 2026.

Vernacular names

• অসমীয়া: শিহু
• বাংলা: গঙ্গা নদী শুশুক
• Ελληνικά: Δελφίνι του Γάγγη
• English: Ganges River Dolphin
• suomi: Gangesindelfiini
• magyar: Gangeszi folyamidelfin
• 日本語: ガンジスカワイルカ
• slovenščina: gangeška pliskavka
• Türkçe: Ganj ve İndus nehir yunusu