🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Orca brevirostris Owen in Gray, 1866 | |
| synonym | Orcaella fluminalis Anderson in Gray, 1871 |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Marine
Freshwater
Description
Global Distribution
Tropical coastal waters and large rivers, in south east Asia, Indonesia, Irrawaddy river in Myanmar, Malaysia, northern Australia, Papua New Guinea
Indian Distribution
East cost, estuaries of Krishna and Ganga and in the Chilka lake (Odisha)
Sharma, G., Kamalakannan, M. and Venkataraman, K. 2014. A Checklist of Mammals of India with their distribution and conservation status.
| Attributions | Sharma, G., Kamalakannan, M. and Venkataraman, K. 2014. A Checklist of Mammals of India with their distribution and conservation status. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Vulnerable
Geoprivacy
Yes
IUCN redlist Status: Vulnerable
CITES Appendix - I
Sharma, G., Kamalakannan, M. and Venkataraman, K. 2014. A Checklist of Mammals of India with their distribution and conservation status.
| Attributions | Sharma, G., Kamalakannan, M. and Venkataraman, K. 2014. A Checklist of Mammals of India with their distribution and conservation status. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Legislation
CITES Status
Appendix I
Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, Schedule - I
Sharma, G., Kamalakannan, M. and Venkataraman, K. 2014. A Checklist of Mammals of India with their distribution and conservation status.
| Attributions | Sharma, G., Kamalakannan, M. and Venkataraman, K. 2014. A Checklist of Mammals of India with their distribution and conservation status. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
Possible range decline of Ganges River Dolphin Platanista gangetica (Mammalia: Cetartiodactyla: Platanistidae) in Indian Sundarban
JT
Journal of Threatened TaxaOn the Behaviour, abundance, habitat use and potential threats of the Gangetic Dolphin Platanista gangetica in southern West Bengal, India
JT
Journal of Threatened TaxaNo Data
📚 References
Common references
- Alfred et al., 2002, 2006
- Vivekanandan and Jeyabaskaran, 2012
- Wilson and Reeder, 2005
🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Cetacea |
| Family | Delphinidae |
| Genus | Orcaella |
| Species | Orcaella brevirostris (Owen in Gray, 1866) |
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