General Characteristics

Head to body length - 7 - 8 1/4 feet ( 2.1 - 2.5 meters ) 

Tail length -  8 feet

Height : 1.8 m (5.9 feet )

Weight : 85kg (185lb)

Description

The Ganges River Dolphin has a long beak which thickens toward the tip, revealing the large teeth; the mouthline curves upward. The body is stocky with a rounded belly, the flippers are large and paddle-shaped, and there is a low triangular hump in place of a 'true' dorsal. The forehead is steep and the blowhole is on the left of the head, above the tiny, poorly-seeing eye. The tail flukes are broad in relation to the body size. Ganges River Dolphins are gray-brown in color, and sometimes with a pinkish belly,

Range - The Ganges River Dolphin are found in the the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers of India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.

Habitat - They live in clear rivers in Nepal , and are in the Ganges which are the Indian Plains.

Diet -  They eat fish, squid, crustaceans and turtles

Status - There are only 4,000 - 6,000 individuals left in the wild today.

Reason for the status -   This species is endangered because  This animal is hunted both for its meat, which is eaten, and for its oil, which is used to fuel lamps. Other sources of threat include fishing nets, in which the river dolphin often becomes tangled when it migrates to tidal waters in the monsoon, and dams, which prevent the river dolphin from making its local migrations .

What type of animal is it - Carnivore

Gestation Period  : 10 months

Longevity -  28 years