What is River dolphin?
{{otheruses|river dolphins|oceanic dolphins|Oceanic dolphin}} {{Taxobox | name = River dolphins | image = Schnabeldelphin-drawing.jpg | image_width = 225px | image_caption = [[Ganges River Dolphin]]<br />Photographer:Brian D. Smith | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Cetacea]] | subordo = [[Odontoceti]] | superfamilia = '''Platanistoidea'''}} '''River dolphins''' are five [[species]] of [[dolphin]] which live in [[fresh water]] [[river]]s and [[estuary|estuaries]]. Three species live in fresh water rivers. The La Plata Dolphin lives in [[salt water]] [[estuaries]] and the [[ocean]]. *South Asian river dolphins (two sub-species) **[[Ganges river dolphin]], ''Platanista gangetica gangetica'' – Lives in [[Nepal]], [[Republic of India]] and [[Bangladesh]] ** [[Indus dolphin|Indus river dolphin]], ''Platanista indicus minor'' – Lives in [[Pakistan]]; ''National mammal of Pakistan''. *South American river dolphins (three species) ** [[Amazon river dolphin]] (or Boto), ''Inia geoffrensis'' – Largest of river dolphins, lives in [[Peru]] and [[Brazil]]. **[[Araguaia river dolphin]], ''Inia araguaiaensis'' – Recently discovered in the river basin in Brazil after which it is named. Identified as a separate species by [[genetic]] [[sequence analysis]].<ref>McGrath, Matt 2014. Brazil dolphin is first new river species since 1918. ''BBC News'' Science & Technology.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25841135]</ref> ** [[La Plata dolphin]] (or Franciscana), ''Pontoporia blainvillei'' – Lives in [[Argentina]]. * [[Chinese river dolphin]] (or [[Baiji]]), ''Lipotes vexillifer'' – Lives in the [[Yangtze River]] in [[China]] (one of the most endangered of all dolphins and whales). Recent counts have come up with 17 remaining individuals.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5122074.stm] </ref> Scientists now want to raise some dolphins in a lake. == Differences between marine and river dolphins == Both river dolphins and marine [[dolphins]] belong to