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    Species Accepted

    Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801)

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      43 results
      Bhagirath Hindi
      Bhulan English
      Delfín del Ganges Spanish
      Ganges Dolphin English
      Ganges River Dolphin English
      Ganges-Delfin German
      Ganges-Delphin German
      Gangesdolfijn Dutch
      Gangetic dolphin English
      Hihu Assamese

      Treatments

      1 result

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      5 results
      Roxburgh, W. (1801). An account of a new species of Delphinus, and inhabitant of the Ganges. Asiatick Researches - Transactions of the Asiatick Society (Calcutta ed.)7:170, pl.5.
      Lebeck, & Heinrich Julius. (1801). Delphinus gangeticus beschrieben vom Herrn Heinrich Julius Lebeck, zu Trankenbar. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde Zu Berlin Neue Schriften, Vol. 3.
      Kinze, C. C. (2000). Rehabilitation of Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801) as the valid scientific name of the Ganges dolphin. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, Vol. 74, No. 11.
      Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
      Lebeck, H. J. (1801). Delphinus delphis beschrieben von Herrn Heinrich Julius Lebeck. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, Neue Schriften 2:280-282, pl.

      Citation

      Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801) in undefined