Platanistidae
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Translingual
Etymology
Platanista + -idae
Proper noun
Platanistidae
- A taxonomic family within the infraorder Cetacea – river dolphins.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cetacea - infraorder; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - parvorder; Platanistoidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Platanista - sole extant genus
- †Argyrocetinae, †Platanistinae, †Pomatodelphininae - extinct subfamilies, †Araeodelphis, †Pachyacanthus, †Pomatodelphia - extinct genera
References
Platanistidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Platanistidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Platanistidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Platanistidae at World Register of Marine Species
- Platanistidae in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Platanistidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Platanistidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Platanistidae at Paleobiology Database
