|Scientific Name:||Platanista gangetica ssp. gangetica| |Species
Authority:||(Roxburgh, 1801)| Platanista gangetica (Roxburgh,
1801) |Red List Category & Criteria:||Endangered
A2abcde+3bcde+4abcde ver 3.1| |Assessor/s:||Smith, B.D.,
Braulik, G.T. & Sinha, R.| |Reviewer/s:||Reeves, R. & Taylor,
B.L.| Determining the status of this subspecies is especially
problematical because of the lack of rigorous quantitative data
(current or historical) on numbers, mortality, extent of
occurrence, and area of occupancy. However, the diversity and
scale of threats – recent, ongoing, and projected – are such
that precautionary reasoning is even more appropriate than is
usually the case. Criterion A. Only very limited data are
available on the life history of Platanista sp. (reviewed by
Brownell 1984). Age at first reproduction is probably between
6–10 years and maximum longevity may be close to 30. Therefore,
generation time is probably well over 10 but possibly less than
20 years, which would mean that three generations eq