Phocoena

Phocoena is a genus of porpoises with four extant species:

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Phocoena dioptricaSpectacled porpoisecircumpolar in cool sub-Antarctic and low Antarctic waters
Phocoena phocoenaHarbour porpoisecooler coastal waters of the North Atlantic, North Pacific and the Black Sea
Phocoena sinusVaquitanorthern area of the Gulf of California, or Sea of Cortez
Phocoena spinipinnisBurmeister's porpoisecoast of South America

Phocoena
Temporal range: Miocene-recent [1]
A harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Phocoenidae
Genus: Phocoena
Cuvier, 1816
Species

Phocoena dioptrica
Phocoena phocoena
Phocoena sinus
Phocoena spinipinnis


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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