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Soosoo Gangeticus, Hamilton, 1837, Jardine's Naturalist's Library, 

 Mammalia, 6 (Whales): 254, p.. 28 (animal) [characters]. 



Platanista Gangetica, Eschricht, 1851, Kongl. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. 

 Skrift., (5), 2: 1-43 (separate), pi. 1 (animal, skeleton), pis. 2, 3 (skull, 

 vertebrae) [India (Ganges River (Galathea Expedition)) ; characters; 

 comparisons; taxonomy; relationships; habits]. — Eschricht, 1852, Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., (2), 9: 160, 279, pi. 1 (animal), pis. 2, 3 (skull, verte- 

 brae) [English translation of original article in Danish]. — Owen, 1853, 

 Descr. Cat. Osteol. Ser. Mus. Roy, College Surgeons, 2: 449 [upper and 

 lower jaws of gangetica Roxburgh, Museum College of Surgeons, no. 

 2482, given by Roxburgh to Sir Joshua Brookes, who presented it to the 

 Museum via Sir Edward Home]. — Blyth, 1859, Journ. Asiatic Soc. 

 Bengal, 28: 492, ftn. 492, 493 [India (Hugli (Hooghli) River)].— Gray, 

 1866, Cat. seals and whales Brit. Mus., p. 223 [history; characters; 

 synonymy]. — Blanford, 1891, Fauna British India, p. 590, fig. 193 

 (skull), fig. 194 (animal) [Pakistan (Indus River); India (Ganges River, 

 Brahmaputra River) ; tidal waters to mountains ; never enters sea ; 

 characters; habits; indi Blyth a synonym]. — Fraser and Purves, 1960, 

 Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool., 7: 132, pis. 17, 18 (skull) [auditory 

 system] . 



Platanista gangetica, Kellogg, 1928, Quart. Rev. Biol., 3: 174, fig. 13 

 (skull) [characters; history; relationships]. 



Delphinus Rostratus Shaw, 1801, Gen. Zool., 2(2): 514 [type locality: 

 "supposed to inhabit the Indian Seas"]. 



Delphinus rostrats [sic], F. Cuvier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Cetaces, p. 253 [mis- 

 print for rostratus] . 



Delphinus Shawensis Blainville, 1817, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 9: 153 [new 

 name for rostratus Shaw ; characters]. — Gray, 1866, Cat. seals and whales 

 Brit. Mus., p. 223 [in synonymy of Platanista Gangetica; type specimen 

 in Mus. Roy. College of Surgeons] . 



Delphinus schawensis [sic], F. Cuvier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Cetaces, p. 253 

 [misspelling for shawensis]. 



Susu Platanista Lesson, 1828, Complement des oeuvres de Buff on, pi. 3, 

 fig. 3 (animal), p. 440 (index), p. 215 (text) [new name for Delphinus 

 gangeticus Lebeck; characters]. 



Susa [sic] Plantanista [sic], Wagier, 1830, Nat. Syst. Amphibien, p. 35. 



Platanista Indi Blyth, 1859, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 28: 493 [Pakistan 

 (type locality: Indus River); type skull in Asiatic Society Museum, 

 Calcutta]. 



Platanista Gangetica var. minor Owen, 1853, Descr. Cat. Osteol. Roy. 

 Mus. Coll. Surgeons, p. 448 [Pakistan (type locality: Indus River); 

 type skull in Museum of Royal College of Surgeons, presented by 

 David Wallich]. 



Type: Adult male, found stranded November 1797, and figured by 

 Lebeck in the original description. 



