Platanista minor

R. Owen, 1853

Indus River Dolphin

Left dorsolateral view of skull. Formerly in order Cetacea. Formerly Platanista gangetica. Also as Blind River Dolphin|Susu|Bhulan|South Asian River Dolphin. California Academy of Sciences #16340, from Pakistan, Sindh province, 30 miles north Lloyd Barrage, Sukkur.
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Location:USA, CA, Los Angeles, co., Natural History MuseumDate taken:Apr 15, 2011

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4065

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Cetacea
Infraorder : Odontoceti
Superfamily : Platanistoidea
Family : Platanistidae
Genus : Platanista

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Owen, R. 1853. Descriptive catalogue of the osteological series contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Volume II. Mammalia Placentalia. Taylor and Francis, London, 351-914 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19777531

Original name as described

Platanista gangetica, var. minor

Other common names

Blind River Dolphin · Susu · Bhulan · South Asian River Dolphin

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"the Indus."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Pakistan · India

Taxonomy notes

recent authors have included P. minor as a subspecies of P. gangetica, but recent molecular and morphological research supports their species status

Taxonomy notes citation

Braulik, G.T., Barnett, R., Odon, V., Islas-Villanueva, V., Hoelzel, A.R. and 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 · Braulik, G.T., Archer, F.I., II, Khan, U., Imran, M., Sinha, R.K., Jefferson, T.A., Donovan, C. and 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

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006547

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Platanista gangetica, var. minor

R. Owen, 1853

Family

Platanistidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

448

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19777531

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Owen (1853:448, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19777531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69174)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)

Platanista Indi

E. Blyth, 1859

Family

Platanistidae

Root name

indi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 45643

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

493

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40263745

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Gray (1866:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37226)
  3. Murray (1866:341, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Jerdon (1867:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  5. Gray (1868:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15869416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60531)
  6. Gray (1870:393, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69399)
  7. Gray (1871:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15945495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37256)
  8. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Platanista minor

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Platanistidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

108

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:290, 291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (1993:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69010)
  4. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41757/243168232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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