Platanista

PlatanistaWagler, 1830

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Authorship reviewed by Pilleri (1978). The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1989) conserved Platanista Wagler, 1830 and gangeticus Roxburgh, 1801 and suppressed Susu Lesson, 1828. The controversy over the original description still is active, with Kinze (2000) giving reasons why Lebeck, 1801 should be the authority.

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.