Platanista gangetica — Literature

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References

  • 1. IUCN Red List (June, 2003) www.redlist.org
  • 1996. database, NODC Taxonomic Code
  • 1998. website, Mammal Species of the World
  • 2. CITES (June, 2003) www.cites.org
  • 3. Macdonald, D (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • 4. Cetacea.org (June, 2003) http://www.cetacea.org/ganges.htm
  • 5. Animal Diversity Web (June, 2003) http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/platanista/p._gangetica$narrative.html
  • 6. CMS (June, 2003) http://www.wcmc.org.uk/cms/
  • 7. WDCS, The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (June, 2003) http://www.wdcs.org/
  • 8. ASCOBANS (June, 2003) http://www.ascobans.org/
  • 9. CMS Report (June, 2003) http://www.cms.int/reports/small_cetaceans/data/P_gangetica/p_gangetica.htm
  • IUCN (2008) Cetacean update of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  • Jefferson, T., M. Webber, R. Pitman. 2008. Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to their Identification. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
  • Kannan, K., R. Sinha, S. Tanabe, H. Ichihashi, R. Tatsukawa. 1993. Heavy Metals and Organochloride Residues in Ganges River Dolphins from India. Marine Pollution Bulletin MPNBA, 26: 159-162.
  • MacDonald, D., S. Norris. 2001. The New Encyclopedia of Mammals, Vol. 1, 1st Edition. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 2005. Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1
  • Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 2005. Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743
  • Moreno, P. 2003. Ganges and Indus Dolphins. Pp. 13-17 in M Hutchins, D Kleiman, V Geist, J Murphy, D Thoney, eds. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Vol. 15, 2 Edition. Farmington Hills: Gale Group.
  • Nowak, R. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Vol. 2, 6 Edition. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Nowak, R. 2003. Ganges and Indus Dolphins, or Susus. Pp. 128-130 in Walker's Marine Mammals of the World, Vol. 2, 1st Edition. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Univesity Press.
  • Orrell T. (custodian) (2013). ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version Sept 12). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 11th March 2013 (Roskov Y., Kunze T., Paglinawan L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Hernandez F., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col/. Species 2000: Reading, UK.
  • P. Hershkovitz. 1966. Catalog of Living Whales. United States National Museum Bulletin 246:1-259
  • Perrin, W. (2012). Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801). In: Perrin, W.F. (2012) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: Perrin, W.F. (2012) World Cetacea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254967 on 2013-03-02
  • Perrin, W., B. Wursig, J. Thewissen. 2002. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Vol. 1, 1 Edition. New York: Academic Press.
  • Reeves, R., B. Stewart, P. Clapham, J. Powell. 2002. Sea Mammals of the World. New York: Chanticleer Press, Inc..
  • Reeves, R., R. Brownell Jr.. 1989. Susu. Pp. 69-99 in S Ridgway, S Harrison, eds. Handbook of Marine Mammals, Vol. 4, 1 Edition. London: Academic Press.
  • Reeves, R., S. Leatherwood. 1994. Dams and River Dolphins: Can They Coexist?. Ambio, 23: 172-175.
  • Rice, Dale W. 1998. Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4
  • Rice, Dale W. 1998. Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231
  • True, Frederick W. 1885. Suggestions to the keepers of the U. S. Lifesaving stations, light-houses, and light-ships, and to other observers, relative to the best means of collecting and preserving specimens of whales and porpoises. Washington, DC : Government Printing Office. Report of the Commissioner (United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries), 1883; Plate I-1
  • UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
  • Wilson, D., D. Reeder. 2005. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Vol. 1, 1 Edition. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1992. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
  • Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207
  • Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World
  • Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204

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