Editing Indus River (section)

===Mammals===
The [[Indus river dolphin]] (''Platanista indicus minor'') is found only in the Indus River. It is a subspecies of the [[South Asian river dolphin]]. The Indus river dolphin formerly also occurred in the tributaries of the Indus river. According to the [[World Wildlife Fund]] it is one of the most threatened [[cetacea]]ns with only about 1,816 still existing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indus River Dolphin {{!}} Species {{!}} WWF |url=https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/indus-river-dolphin |access-date=29 January 2023 |website=World Wildlife Fund |language=en }}</ref> It is threatened by habitat degradation from the construction of dams and canals, entanglement in fishing gear, and industrial water pollution.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fisheries |first=NOAA |date=15 September 2022 |title=Indus River Dolphin {{!}} NOAA Fisheries |url=https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/indus-river-dolphin |access-date=29 January 2023 |website=NOAA |language=en |archive-date=26 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626085750/https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/indus-river-dolphin |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are two otter species in the Indus River basin: the [[Eurasian otter]] in the northeastern highland sections and the [[smooth-coated otter]] elsewhere in the river basin. The smooth-coated otters in the Indus River represent a subspecies found nowhere else, the Sindh otter (''Lutrogale perspicillata sindica'').<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Khan, W.A. |author2=Bhagat, H.B. |year=2010 |title=Otter Conservation in Pakistan |journal=IUCN Otter Spec. Group Bull. |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=89–92 }}</ref>