Platanista

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genus taxon

Platanista is a genus of freshwater river dolphins native to South Asia, including the endangered Ganges river dolphin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
commonName South Asian river dolphins ⓘ
conservationStatusOfGenus endangered components ⓘ
containsTaxon Platanista gangetica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Platanista minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedBy Johann Georg Wagler NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedInYear 1830 ⓘ
distribution Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indus river system NERFINISHED ⓘ
domain Eukarya ⓘ
surface form: Eukaryota
ecoregion freshwater rivers of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
endangeredSpeciesIncluded Ganges river dolphin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indus river dolphin NERFINISHED ⓘ
family Platanistidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
genusOf Ganges river dolphin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indus river dolphin NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitat freshwater ⓘ
river ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
namedAfter Greek word platanistēs ⓘ
nativeTo South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSpecies Ganges river dolphin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indus river dolphin NERFINISHED ⓘ
order Artiodactyla ⓘ
Cetacea NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentTaxon Platanistidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
sensoryAdaptation echolocation-dominated perception ⓘ
suborder Odontoceti NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
toothedOrBaleen toothed whale ⓘ
vernacularGroup river dolphins ⓘ
vision highly reduced eyes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) → genus → Platanista ⓘ
subject surface form: Ganges river dolphin