Cetacea taxon details
Platanista Wagler, 1830
254966 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254966)
accepted
Genus
Platanistina Neave, 1940 · unaccepted (synonym)
Soosoo Hamilton, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sousou F. Cuvier, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym)
Susa Wagler, 1830 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Susu Lesson, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801)
- Species Platanista indi Blyth, 1859 accepted as Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801) (synonym)
- Species Platanista minor Owen, 1853 accepted as Platanista gangetica minor Owen, 1853 (synonym)
fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database. Platanista Wagler, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254966 on 2026-08-09
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basis of record
Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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