Platanistidae Author Russell A. Mittermeier Author Don E. Wilson text 2014 2014-07-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals 358 363 book chapter 62708 10.5281/zenodo.6607641 fadf2b29-936b-4013-b0f2-f9277ddb036f 978-84-96553-93-4 6607641 Family PLATANISTIDAE (SOUTH ASIAN RIVER DOLPHIN) • Medium-sized, stocky river dolphin with very long beak, diminished ayes, large blunt pectoralflippers, and tiny dorsal fin. • 170-260 cm. • Indo-Malayan Region. • Large and medium-sized fresh or brackish rivers in the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river basins in South Asia. • 1 genera, 1 species, 2 taxa. • | species Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.