Phocoena
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Aharbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Phocoenidae |
Genus: | Phocoena Cuvier, 1816 |
Type species | |
Delphinus phocoena Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
Phocoena dioptrica |
Phocoena is a genusofporpoises with four extant species:
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Phocoena dioptrica | Spectacled porpoise | circumpolar in cool sub-Antarctic and low Antarctic waters |
Phocoena phocoena | Harbour porpoise | cooler coastal waters of the North Atlantic, North Pacific and the Black Sea | |
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Phocoena sinus | Vaquita | northern area of the Gulf of California, or Sea of Cortez |
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Phocoena spinipinnis | Burmeister's porpoise | coast of South America |
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