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The Ganges river dolphin split from the Indus river dolphin during the Pleistocene, around 550,000 years ago. [1] The earliest fossil identified as belonging to the species is only 12,000 years old. [12] The Ganges river dolphin was formally classified as Delphinus gangeticus two separate times in 1801, by Heinrich Julius Lebeck [13] and ...
National Chambal Sanctuary, also called the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, is a 5,400 km 2 (2,100 sq mi) tri-state protected area in northern India for the protection of the Critically Endangered gharial, the red-crowned roof turtle and the Endangered Ganges river dolphin.
Project Dolphin involves a status monitoring of the species and their potential threats, in order to develop and implement a conservation action plan for protecting dolphins and the aquatic habitat. The project will provide financial support for conservation and anti-poaching activities.
Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is located in Bhagalpur District of Bihar, India. The sanctuary is a 60 kilometers stretch of the Ganges River from Sultanganj to Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district. notified as Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in 1991, it is the protected area for the endangered Gangetic dolphins in Asia. Once found in ...
Indus dolphins have more teeth than Ganges dolphins, averaging 33.2 teeth in the upper jaw and the 32.9 in the lower jaw, as compared to 28.4 in the upper jaw and 29.4 in the lower. [3] Living in murky waters, South Asian river dolphins are nearly blind, their tiny eyes having flattened corneas and no lens.
Most Notable Risks to the Atlantic Humpback Dolphin. According to the IUCN, the Atlantic humpback dolphin’s most powerful enemy is the threat of accidental catch by local fishermen. Coastal ...
Conservation status codes listed follow the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v. 2014.3; ... Ganges river dolphin: Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801) EN:
American importers have been stockpiling Italian bubbly Prosecco as a hedge against the impact of possible European Union tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump, wine industry data show. U.S ...