Phocoena

Phocoena
Temporal range: Miocene-recent [1]
A harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Scientific classification Edit this 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 phocoena
Phocoena sinus
Phocoena spinipinnis

Phocoena is a genus of porpoises with four extant species.

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
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

  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".


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