Platanistidae

Translingual

Etymology

Platanista +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Platanistidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order 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; Cetacea - order; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - suborder; 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^[1] at Bucknell.
• Platanistidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Platanistidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Platanistidae at Paleobiology Database