Platanistidae Gray 1846
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Platanistidae Gray 1846
Platanistidae Gray 1846, Zool. Voy. H. M. S. "Erebus" and "Terror", Vol. 1: 25.
Synonyms: Susuidae Gray 1868.
Genera: 1 genus with 2 species:
Genus Platanista Wagler 1830 (2 species)
Discussion: The family grouping of the river dolphins has always been a problem. Using molecular data, both Árnason and Gullberg (1996) and Yang et al. (2002) found no direct relationship between Platanista and the other river dolphins. Messenger and McGuire (1998) generated a phylogenetic tree supporting the idea that river dolphins are not monophyletic. In a recent retroposon analysis of the major cetacean lineages the authors found that platanistid dolphins, beaked whales and ocean dolphins diverged (in this order) after sperm whales (Nikaido et al. 2001). Within the other river dolphins the other three genera were found to form a monophyletic group. Hamilton (et al. 2001), based on cytochrome b, also supports Platanista in a separate family. The only remaining disagreement is the placement of the other three genera. Yang et al. (2002) and Rice (1998) placed Lipotes in a separate family and Rice (1998:92-95) placed all three of the other genera in separate families as well. At the present time we favor a two family arrangement, with Platanista in the family Platanistidae and the other three genera in the family Iniidae.
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Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/347D58E1F49DD54E115EEC1EB4531449 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/B39D5302B4A307ED412FF30774855929 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231535372 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Platanistidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Gray
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Platanistidae Gray, 1846 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Gray, J. E. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. Pp. 13 - 53, in The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 (Sir J. Richardson and J. E. Gray, eds.) [1844 - 1875]. E. W. Janson, London, 2 vols.
- Yang, Guang, K. Zhou, R. Wenhua, G. Ji, S. Liu, R. Bastida, and L. Rivero. 2002. Molecular systematics of river dolphins inferred from complete mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene sequences. Marine Mammal Science, 18 (1): 20 - 29.
- Messenger, S. L., and J. A. McGuire. 1998. Morphology, molecules, and the phylogenetics of cetaceans. Systematic Biology, 47 (1): 90 - 124.
- Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world: Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy, Special Publication, 4: 1 - 230.