Ganges River Dolphin
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| Ganges River Dolphin | |
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| Ganges River Dolphin Photographer:Brian D. Smith |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Subclass: | Eutheria |
| Order: | Cetacea |
| Suborder: | Odontoceti |
| Superfamily: | Platanistoidea |
| Family: | Platanistidae Gray, 1846 |
| Genus: | Platanista |
| Species: | P. gangetica |
| Subspecies: | Platanista gangetica minor |
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| Platanista gangetica Lebeck, 1801; Roxburgh, 1801 |
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| Ranges of the Indus River Dolphin and the Ganges River Dolphin | |
The Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) is a subspecies of river dolphin. The Ganges Dolphin is found in the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers in Republic of India, Nepal and Bangladesh. They are very similar to the Indus Dolphin which is only found in the Indus Rivers of Pakistan.
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