December 2011
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Whale of the day
South Asian River Dolphin (Platanista)
Since the 1970’s and until 1998 the South Asian River Dolphin was considered to be two separate species, the Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor), and the Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica). This was due to differences in skull structure, vertebrae and lipid composition. However, in 1998 the classification changed and...
