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Typical Porpoises
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Typical Porpoises

Phocoena

Phocoena is a genus of porpoises with four extant species:

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Harbour Porpoise

speciesPhocoena phocoena

Burmeister's Porpoise

speciesPhocoena spinipinnis

Spectacled Porpoise

speciesPhocoena dioptrica

Vaquita

speciesPhocoena sinus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41438.