Platanista minor Owen, 1853 - Indus river dolphin

Description

Skull and mandible of juvenile (2 years), female, Platanista minor, Indus River, Pakistan, 1976

Museum reference

Z.1991.43.1

Collection

Mammals

Scientific name(s)

species: Platanista minor Owen, 1853 - Indus river dolphin

Specimen details

Specimen form: Skeleton
Sex: Female
Phase: Juvenile

Collection place(s)

River Indus (between Guddu and Sukkur Barrages), Pakistan, South Asia

Associations

Collector: Anderson, Jeremy A., 1962 - 1969 (fl.)

References

Herman, 1992, Cetacean Specimens NMS, 15-16

Braulik, G. T., Barnett, R., Odon, V., Islas-Villanueva, V., Hoelzel, A. R. and Graves, J. A. (2014). One Species or Two? Vicariance, Lineage Divergence and Low mtDNA Diversity in Geographically Isolated Populations of South Asian River Dolphin. Journal of Mammalian Evolution DOI 10.1007/s10914-014-9265-6