🐋Indus river dolphin

Platanista minor Owen, 1853

The Indus river dolphin is a freshwater dolphin in the family Platanistidae. It is endemic to the rivers of the Indus basin in Pakistan and northwestern India. It was the first discovered side-swimming cetacean. In Pakistan, it occurs in the Indus River, where five small sub-populations are separated by irrigation barrages. In India, a very small isolated population at a very high risk of extinction lives in the Beas River. It is the national mammal of Pakistan and the state aquatic animal of Punjab, India.

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Platanista minor, Bhulan

Conservation status

ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.

Population trendIncreasing

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Body mass: not recorded
Body length: not recorded
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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classMammals · Mammalia
orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
genusPlatanista

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kingdomMetazoa
phylumChordata
subphylumCraniata
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
superclassSarcopterygii
superclassTetrapoda
classMammals · Mammalia
subclassTheria
superorderLaurasiatheria
orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
suborderWhippomorpha
infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
familyPlatanistidae
genusPlatanista

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Indus-Delfin (de), Platanista minor (es), Dauphin de l'Indus (fr), Platanista minor (it), İndus nehir yunusu (tr), Cá heo sông Ấn (vi) … and 18 more languages

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