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12-22-2016

Platanista gangetica minor

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video.The South Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) is an endangered freshwater or river dolphin found in the region of Indian subcontinent, which is split into two subspecies, the Ganges river dolphin (P. g. gangetica, ~3,500 individuals) and the Indus river dolphin (P. g. minor, ~1,500 individuals). The Ganges river dolphin is primarily found in the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers and their tributaries in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, while the Indus river dolphin is now found only in the main channel of the Indus River in Pakistan and active channels connected to it between the Jinnah and Kotri barrages, and in the River Beas (a tributary of the Indus) in Punjab in India. From the 1970s until 1998, they were regarded as separate species; however, in 1998, their classification was changed from two separate species to subspecies of a single species (see taxonomy below). The Ganges river dolphin has been recognized by the government of India as its National Aquatic Animal and is the official animal of the Indian city of Guwahati. The Indus river dolphin has been named as the National Mammal of Pakistan.

Detailed information
Full Name: South Asian River dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Mammals
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 01/14/1991 Foreign (Headquarters) Wherever found
  • Countries in which the the South Asian River dolphin, Wherever found is known to occur: Pakistan
Federal register documents
Date
Citation Page
Title
07/23/2014 79 FR 42687 42696 Marine and Anadromous Taxa: Additions, Removal, Updates,and Corrections to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
01/14/1991 56 FR 1463 ETWP; Platanista minor (Indus River Dolphin) Listed as Endangered; 56 FR 1463
11/09/1989 54 FR 47094 47095 Endangered and Threatened Species; Indus River Dolphin; 54 FR 47094 47095
03/01/1983 48 FR 8514 8517 Proposed Listing of 12 Species of Foreign Mammals as End. Species; 48 FR 8514-8517
Recovery
No recovery information is available for the South Asian River dolphin.
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