Porpoises - Phocoenidae

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Phocoenidae
Author Gray, 1825
Taxonomic Rank Family
Taxonomic # 552307
Common Names English: porpoises
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Mammalia
        Subclass: Theria
          Infraclass: Eutheria
            Order: Cetacea
              Suborder: Odontoceti
Taxonomic Children Genus: Neophocaena
Genus: Phocoena
Genus: Phocoenoides
Synonyms (since 1950)

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Physical Description / Field Identification

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Distribution

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Ecology and Behavior

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Feeding and Prey

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ITIS TSN552307
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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#records (spatial)266
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets28
Year1973 - 2018
Latitude-63.05 - 62.35
Longitude-179.88 - 132.35
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