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Taxon: Family Platanistidae Gray, 1846 - river dolphins (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (Gray, 1846) Gray, 1868
Original name Gray, 1846:45.
Subsequent rank 1868. Gray, 1868: 199.

Types

Nominotypical taxon ofPlatanistoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Platanistinae (Subfamily) Flower, 1867
TypePlatanista (Genus) Wagler, 1830

Variants

Different rankPlatanistinae (Subfamily) Flower, 1867

Synonyms

IncludingIniidae (Family) Gray, 1846 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1037.
IncludingPontoporiidae (Family) Gray, 1870 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1037.
IncludingStenodelphidae (Family)

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namerivierdolfijnen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameriver dolphins
Ganges and Indus dolphins
susus
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