Ganges River Dolphin

3D Model

3D scan of the skeleton of a Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica).

The Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) is one of the two species classified in the family Platinistidae. It lives in the Ganges and related rivers of South Asia in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. It is related to the much smaller Indus river dolphin (Platanista minor) which lives in the Indus River in Pakistan and the Beas River of northwestern India. They have a rectangular, ridgelike dorsal fin and females tend to be larger than males. They are usually 2.2-2.6 meters long.

Specimen: Ganges river dolphin, Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801)

Inventory number: C 272

Collection: Natural History Museum University of Pisa

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Scanned By Gaia Caneve and Marco Merella and edited by Marco Merella

Scanner: EINScan Pro HD