Phocoena
Appearance
Phocoena Temporal range: Miocene-recent
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A harbour 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
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Species | |
Phocoena dioptrica |
Phocoena is a genus of porpoises with four extant species:
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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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 | |
Phocoena sinus | Vaquita | northern area of the Gulf of California, or Sea of Cortez | |
Phocoena spinipinnis | Burmeister's porpoise | coast of South America |
References
- ^ "Phocoena Cuvier 1816 (porpoise) Osteichthyes - Delphinoidea - Phocoenidae PaleoDB taxon number: 63542 Alternative spellings: Delphinus (Phocaena), Phocaena Synonyms: Acanthodelphis Gray 1866 (no. 102874), Australophocaena Barnes 1985 (no. 63546), Australophocoena Barnes 1985 (no. 129115), Phocaena (Acanthodelphis) Gray 1866 (no. 91956) Parent taxon: Phocoenidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016".
External links
- Media related to Phocoena at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Phocoena at Wikispecies
- Phocoena in Mammal Species of the World