Gangetic Dolphins- National Aquatic Animal of India
- Known as Su Su or Blind dolphin
-found in Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers and their tributaries in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal
- Uses Biosonar for communication
Threats - Entanglement in fishing nets as bycatch
- Hunting for oil and meat
- Poisoning from industrial and agricultural chemicals
- Building of more than 50 dams along many rivers
Conservation Efforts - comes under Wildlife Protection Act 1972 -
Schedule 1
IUCN Red List status - Engdangered
Protected under CITES Convention - Appendix 1
Declared as City Animal for Guwahati
Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in Bihar - India's only sanctuary for the Gangetic dolphin
