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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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    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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    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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    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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  • animal) Capra falconeri Indus river dolphin (national aquatic mammal) Platanista minor Chukar (national bird) Alectoris chukar Mugger crocodile (national...
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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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    (Panthera tigris tigris) Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) Indus river dolphin (Platanista minor) Pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) Nicobar flying...
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    Braulik, G. T. (2006). "Status assessment of the Indus river dolphin, Platanista minor minor, March–April 2001". Biological Conservation. 129 (4): 579–590. doi:10...
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  • Ziphius cavirostris LC Ganges river dolphin, Platanista gangetica EN Indus river dolphin, Platanista minor EN Amazon river dolphin, Inia geoffrensis DD...
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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 home...
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    J. A. (2021). "Taxonomic revision of the South Asian River dolphins (Platanista): Indus and Ganges River dolphins are separate species". Marine Mammal...
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    Platanistidae Ganges river dolphin, or susu (Platanista gangetica) Indus river dolphin, or bhulan (Platanista minor) Family Iniidae Amazon river dolphin, or...
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    Clanga hastata Gyps indicus Ficedula subrubra Falco jugger Phoeniconaias minor Falco naumanni Anser erythropus Tetrax tetrax Locustella major Marmaronetta...
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  • Chinese river dolphin Lipotes vexillifer China E Indus river dolphin Platanista minor Pakistan (Indus River and tributaries) E Drill Mandrillus leucophaeus...
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    (Lesson, 1828) Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) (Lebeck, 1801) Indus river dolphin (Platanista minor) Owen, 1853 Common minke whale (Balaenoptera...
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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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    peregrinus peregrinator) National aquatic animal Indus dolphin or Bhulan (Platanista minor) National butterfly Indian purple emperor (Mimathyma ambica) National...
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  • amphibians and 27 insect species. Aquatic species include Indus Dolphin (Platanista minor), Smooth-coated Indian Otter(Lutrogale perspicillata), Marbled Teal...
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    questions exist regarding the high relatedness in mitochondrial DNA between Platanista and kogiids. Fossil evidence is limited for this family, which potentially...
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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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  • Platanista Ganges river dolphin (P. gangetica) Indus river dolphin (P. minor)...
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  • (Crocodylus palustris) Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) South Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) Indian flapshell turtle (Lissemys punctata) 3 "Alligator Gar"...
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    & 13 taxa), and protozoans (5 & 21 taxa). The Indus dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) supposed to have become extinct in India after 1930, but largely...
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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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    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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    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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