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Definition of Platanista Gangeticus

Platanista Gangeticus
Soosoo Soo"soo, n. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak. [Written also susu.]

Meaning of Platanista Gangeticus from wikipedia

- The Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) is a species of freshwater dolphin classified in the family Platanistidae. It lives in the Ganges and related...
- Co. pp. 501–503. Lowis, R. M. (1915). "Gharial, Gavialis gangeticus, and Porpoise, Platanista gangetica, catching in the Indus". Journal of the Bombay...
- the Ganges river dolphin Delphinus gangeticus in 1801, while Johann Georg Wagler coined the genus name Platanista in 1830, a Latin word derived from the...
- (Glaucostegus thouin) Giant guitarfish (Glaucostegus typus) Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus) Glyptothorax kashmirensis Kudremukh glyptothorax (Glyptothorax kudremukhensis)...
- of Chambal River in the context of Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) and Gangetic Dolphin (Platanista gangetica) conservation" (PDF). www.wii.gov.in. Wildlife...
- rotifers (59 & 13 taxa), and protozoans (5 & 21 taxa). The Indus dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) supposed to have become extinct in India after 1930,...
- palustris) and gharial (Gavialis gangeticus). The ecoregion's large rivers are home to the endangered Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica). The...
- river's most famed faunal member is the freshwater Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica), which has been declared India's national aquatic...
- It is the only location to host the endangered Indus river dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor), once thought to be lost from the country. It is a functionally...
- crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) South Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) Indian flaps**** turtle (Lissemys punctata)...