Indus River Dolphin
The
Indus River Dolphin (
Platanista gangetica minor) is a freshwater or
river dolphin. Its sole habitat is the
Indus River in
Pakistan. It formerly occurred in the tributaries of the Indus and its ditribution may have extended into
India. A comprehensive population census of the Indus Dolphin that was completed in 2001 by WWF-Pakistan concluded that there were approximately 1,100 Indus River Dolphins left. Other names for it are
Bhulan,
Blind River Dolphin,
Delfín del Indo,
Indus Dolphin,
Indus Susu,
Plataniste de l'Indus,
Side Swimming Dolphin, and
Susu.
It was only in the 1970s that this species was distinguished from the Ganges River Dolphin.
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