Ganges River Dolphin

Ganges River Dolphin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Eutheria Order: Cetacea Suborder: Odontoceti Family: Platanistidae Genus: Platanista Species: gangetica
Binomial name
Platanista gangetica

The Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica) is a freshwater or river dolphin. It can be found in the Ganges River as well as the Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers of India, Banglahesh, Nepal and Bhutan. Other names for it are Gangetic Dolphin, Blind River Dolphin, Ganges Susu, Side Swimming Dolphin, and Susu.

It was only in the 1970s that this species was distinguished from the Indus River Dolphin.

External Link

• Convention on Migratory Species page on the Ganges River Dolphin
• Walker's Mammals of the World Online - Ganges River Dolphin
• Cetacea.org page on Ganges River Dolphin