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Platanistidae - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/mammalia/cetacea/platanistidae/

List of taxa.

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Platanistidae: Ganges and Indus Dolphins, or Susus - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walkers_mammals_of_the_world/cetacea/cetacea.plat

The single Recent genus, Platanista, contains two species.

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Amazon River Dolphin - English
URL: http://www.animalsoftherainforest.com/amazonriverdolphin.htm

Loss of habitat has caused them to become an endangered species.

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Platanistidae Family - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/cetacea/platanistidae.ht

This family includes 5 species in 4 genera. In many accounts of cetaceans, its members are placed in four separate families: Iniidae (South American river dolphin), Lipotidae (Chinese river dolphin), Platanistidae (Indian river dolphins), and Pontoporidae ( La Plata river dolphin). Members of these families are found in fresh-water rivers and coastal waters in Asia and South America.

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