Platanista

Platanista  est quaelibet ex quattuor familiis cetorum dentatorum qui in fluviis  habitant et delphinus fluviatilis nonnumquam appellatur.

 Taxinomia 
 Familia Platanistidae comprehendit Platanista gangetica gangetica, platanistas Gangeticos et P. gangetica minor, platanistas Indicos.
 Familia Iniidae comprehendit Inia geoffrensis, platanistas maximos, qui Fluvio Amazonio adsunt.
 Familia Lipotidae comprehendit Lipotes vexillifer, platanistas sinenses.
 Familia Pontoporiidae comprehendit Pontoporia blainvillei, rostro maximo  platanistae etiam delphini.

Bibliographia
Cassens, I., S. Vicario, V. G. Waddell, H. Balchowsky, D. Van Belle, W. Ding, C. Fan, R. S. Mohan, P. C. Simões-Lopes, R. Bastida, A. Meyer, M. J. Stanhope, et M. C. Milinkovitch. 2000. Independent adaptation to riverine habitats allowed survival of ancient cetacean lineages.  97 (21): 11343–11347. doi:10.1073/pnas.97.21.11343. PMID 11027333. PMC 17202. Bibcode 2000PNAS...9711343C.
Hamilton, H., S. Caballero, A. G. Collins, et R. L. Brownell. 2001. Evolution of river dolphins. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 268 (1466): 549–556. doi:10.1098/rspb.2000.1385. PMID 11296868. PMC 1088639.
Reeves, Randall R., et al. 2002. National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. Novi Eboraci: Alfred A. Knopf.

Categoria:Platanistidae