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    South Asian river dolphins are toothed whales in the genus Platanista, which inhabit the waterways of the Indian subcontinent. They were historically considered...
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    The Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) is a species of freshwater dolphin classified in the family Platanistidae. It lives in the Ganges and related...
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    The Indus river dolphin (Platanista minor) is a species of freshwater dolphin in the family Platanistidae. It is endemic to the Indus River basin in Pakistan...
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    is most closely related to the extant Ganges and Indus river dolphins (Platanista) of South Asia and shares no close relation to the modern Amazon river...
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    extant Ganges river dolphin and Indus river dolphin (both in the genus Platanista) but also extinct relatives from freshwater and marine deposits in the...
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    The Karnali provides the upper range for the Gangetic river dolphin (Platanista gangetica), the largest freshwater mammals found on the Indian subcontinent...
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    separate lineages, Platanista and Lipotes + (Inia + Pontoporia), having no sister relationship with each other, and the Platanista lineage is always within...
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    found mainly in Hardoi district An endangered Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) lives in the Ganges river View of the Terai region The threatened...
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    Superfamily Platanistoidea Family Platanistidae Genus Platanista South Asian river dolphin, Platanista gangetica, with two subspecies Ganges river dolphin...
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    Verma, S. K.; Sinha, R. K.; Singh, L. (2004). "Phylogenetic position of Platanista gangetica: insights from the mitochondrial cytochrome b and nuclear interphotoreceptor...
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    (Panthera tigris tigris) Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) Indus river dolphin (Platanista minor) Pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) Nicobar flying...
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    Platanista Ganges river dolphin (P. gangetica) Indus river dolphin (P. minor)...
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  • conservationists fear damage to the habitat of the Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) as a result of the Ganga Vilas Cruise. Ship prefix Namami Gange...
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    (Antilope cervicapra), the state aquatic animal is Indus river dolphin (Platanista minor), and the state tree is the shisham (Dalbergia sissoo). Punjab is...
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    Platanista Ganges river dolphin (P. gangetica) Indus river dolphin (P. minor)...
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    Platanista Ganges river dolphin (P. gangetica) Indus river dolphin (P. minor)...
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  • Ziphius cavirostris LC Ganges river dolphin, Platanista gangetica EN Indus river dolphin, Platanista minor EN Amazon river dolphin, Inia geoffrensis...
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  • (Felis lybica ornata) Dugong / Seacow (Dugong dugon) Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) Gaur (Bos gaurus) Golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) Goral...
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    vexillifer) (One living species) Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) Indus river dolphin (Platanista minor) Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi)...
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  • (national bird) Pavo cristatus Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus...
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    late January 2019 during a survey targeting South Asian River Dolphins (Platanista gangetica) on a stretch of about 175 km (109 mi). This is the first record...
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    Platanista Ganges river dolphin (P. gangetica) Indus river dolphin (P. minor)...
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    Platanista Ganges river dolphin (P. gangetica) Indus river dolphin (P. minor)...
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    Platanista Ganges river dolphin (P. gangetica) Indus river dolphin (P. minor)...
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    Platanista Ganges river dolphin (P. gangetica) Indus river dolphin (P. minor)...
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    It is home to around 25 amphibian species. The Indus river dolphin (Platanista indicus minor) is found only in the Indus River. It is a subspecies of...
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    Platanista Ganges river dolphin (P. gangetica) Indus river dolphin (P. minor)...
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    Platanista Ganges river dolphin (P. gangetica) Indus river dolphin (P. minor)...
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    Platanista Ganges river dolphin (P. gangetica) Indus river dolphin (P. minor)...
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    salvanius), hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus), and Ganges river dolphin (Platanista). It is also the only Bhutanese park inhabited by the one-horned rhinoceros...
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