Phocoena

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Phocoena
Temporal range: Miocene-recent [1]
Daan Close Up.PNG
A harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
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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 phocoena
Phocoena sinus
Phocoena spinipinnis

Phocoena is a genus of porpoises with four extant species:

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Subadult female spectacled porpoise.png Phocoena dioptrica Spectacled porpoise circumpolar in cool sub-Antarctic and low Antarctic waters
Daan Close Up.PNG Phocoena phocoena Harbour porpoise cooler coastal waters of the North Atlantic, North Pacific and the Black Sea
Vaquita6 Olson NOAA.jpg Phocoena sinus Vaquita northern area of the Gulf of California, or Sea of Cortez
Burmeister's porpoise - Phocoena spinipinnis - 2022-02-24.png Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister's porpoise coast of South America

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References

  1. "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".