MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Platanista gangetica

Accepted taxon: Platanista gangetica
Taxon:	Platanista gangetica
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CETACEA \| ODONTOCETI \| Platanistidae \| Platanista
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Platanista gangetica diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 3, ASH (Ash contents) 15, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 8, CP (Crude Protein) 62, EE (Ether Extract) 12. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Platanista gangetica.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Arthropoda	WHOLE	25.00	Grzimek,B…
Dendrobranchiata	WHOLE	16.67	Grzimek,B…
Siluriformes	WHOLE	16.67	Grzimek,B…
Clupeinae	WHOLE	13.33	Grzimek,B…
Cyprinidae	WHOLE	10.00	Grzimek,B…
Bivalvia	WHOLE	8.33	Grzimek,B…
Gobiidae	WHOLE	6.67	Grzimek,B…
Tor	WHOLE	3.33	Grzimek,B…

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Platanista gangetica.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Piscivore and Squid-Eater	Piscivore and Squid-Eater	– G. J. Slater, S. A. Price, F. Santini, M. E. Alfaro, 2010, 'Diversity versus disparity and the radiation of modern cetaceans', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 277, no. 1697, pp. 3097-3104
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	– G. J. Slater, S. A. Price, F. Santini, M. E. Alfaro, 2010, 'Diversity versus disparity and the radiation of modern cetaceans', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 277, no. 1697, pp. 3097-3104

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Platanista gangetica.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Platanista gangetica.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Platanista gangetica.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Platanista gangetica	Slater,G. J., 2010, Diversity versus disparity and the radiation of modern cetaceans, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Plantanista gangetica	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted

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