CATALOG OF LIVING WHALES 13 



Genus SUSU Lesson 



Susu Lesson, 1828, Complement des oeuvres de Buffon, pi. 3, fig. 3 

 (animal with name in caption), p. 440 (name in index.) — Hershkovitz, 

 1961, Fieldiana, Zool., 39: 554 [nomenclature]. 



Platanista Wagler, 1830, Nat. Syst. Amphibien, p. 35 [new name for 

 Susu Lesson, derived from the "platanista" of Pliny]. — Kellogg, 1928, 

 Quart. Rev. Biol., 3: 46 et seq. [history; relationship]. — Fraser and 

 Purves, 1960, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool., 7: 7 et seq., fig. 13 

 (tympanoperiotic bones), figs. 14, 17 (pterygoid sinus), fig. 23 (air 

 sac system). — Winge, 1942, Interrelat. Mamm. Gen., 3: 246, 285 

 [characters ; classification] . 



Susa Wagler, 1830, Nat. Syst. Amphibien, p. 35 [misprint for Susu Lesson 

 in the combination "Susa Platanista Less"]. 



Sousou F. Cuvier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Cetaces, p. 257 [emendation of Susu 

 Lesson, 1828]. 



Soosoo Hamilton, 1837, in Jardine, Naturalist's Library, Mammalia, 

 6 (Whales): 254 [emendation of Susu Lesson, 1828]. 



Platanistina Neave, 1940, Nomen. Zool., 3: 780 [regarded as an "emend- 

 ation] pro [Plata]nista Wagler 1830 [by] Gray, (1846), Zool. 'Ereb. 

 Terr.' (Cetac), 45," but used by Gray only as a supergeneric or tribal 

 taxon, with Platanista Wagler the type]. 



Type Species: Susu Platanista Lesson (in caption to pi. 3, fig. 3, and 

 index, p. 440) (=Delphinus gangeticus Lebeck; in text, p. 215). 



Distribution: Confined to the Ganges-Brahmaputra Rivers in India, 

 Pakistan, and Assam, the Hooghly River in Bengal, India, and the Indus 

 in western Pakistan and northwestern India (Sutlej River), from tidal 

 waters to the Himalayas. 



Susu gangetica Lebeck 



Delphinus gangetica Lebeck, 1801, Neue Schrift. Gesellsch. Naturf. Fr. 

 Berlin, 3: 280, pi. 2 (animal, genitalia, mouth). — Roxburgh, 1803, 

 Asiatic research or transactions, Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 7: 171, 

 pi. 3 (animal) [Indian: India (type locality: Ganges River Delta, near 

 Calcutta; distributed upstream to head of navigation); habits]. — 

 Desmarest, 1822, Mammalogie, p. 513 [characters; synonyms: rostratus 

 Shaw, shawensis Blainville]. — Lesson, 1828, Complement des oeuvres 

 de Buffon, p. 215 [characters; synonymy]. 



D[elphinus] Gangeticus, Cuvier, 1823, Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles, 

 5: 278, 298, 315, pi. 22, figs. 8-10 (skull) [cranial characters]. 



Delphinorhynchus Gangeticus, Lesson, 1827, Man. Mamm., p. 406 [charac- 

 ters; synonymy]. 



P[latanista] gangetica, F. Cuvier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Cetaces, p. 252, pi. 8, 

 fig. 2 (animal), pi. 18 (skull) [characters; history]. 



