distinct subspecies, Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli dalli) and True's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli truei). Dall's porpoises can be easily distinguished...
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recorded instance of a Dall's taken for an aquarium was in 1956 captured off Catalina Island in southern California. Dall's porpoises consistently failed...
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Columbia, Canada Dall sheep, a wild sheep of North America Dall's porpoise, a species of porpoise Dallara, an automobile chassis manufacturer DALL, an acronym...
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Vaquita (redirect from Gulf porpoise)
The vaquita (/vəˈkiːtə/ və-KEE-tə; Phocoena sinus) is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico...
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The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is one of eight extant species of porpoise. It is one of the smallest species of cetacean. As its name implies...
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Neophocaena is a genus of porpoise native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, as well as the freshwater habitats of the Yangtze River basin in China. They...
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million years ago, possibly from a hard, gummy upper jaw, like the one a Dall's porpoise has; it closely resembles baleen at the microscopic level. The initial...
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spectacled porpoises in the Pliocene era. These three species diverged from the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and Dall’s porpoise ( Phocoenoides...
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Western Pacific harbour porpoise NE) Vaquita, Phocoena sinus CR Burmeister's porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis DD Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli LC (ssp...
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Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) is a species of porpoise endemic to the coast of South America. It was first described by Hermann Burmeister...
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dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii), the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), and Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)–than to those of other deep-diving...
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and porpoises such as common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, Pacific white-sided dolphins, dusky dolphins, harbour porpoises and Dall's porpoises. While...
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The Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) is one of eight porpoise species. The species ranges throughout most of the Indian Ocean,...
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Cetacean bycatch (section Burmeister's porpoises)
right whale dolphin, Pacific white-sided dolphin, Risso's dolphin and Dall's porpoise. It is agreed upon that the more pingers on a net, the less bycatch...
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park waters include orca, fin whale, humpback whale, minke whales, Dall's porpoise and Pacific white-sided dolphin. Birds that nest in this park include...
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South Asian river dolphin (redirect from Blind porpoise of Asia)
porpoise (P. dioptrica) Harbour porpoise (P. phocoena) Vaquita (P. sinus) Burmeister's porpoise (P. spinipinnis) Phocoenoides Dall's porpoise (P. dalli)...
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The East Asian finless porpoise (Neophocaena sunameri) is a species of porpoise native to the East China Sea, Yellow Sea, and the seas around Japan. The...
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Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) LC Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) LC Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) LC Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)...
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Northern right whale dolphin (redirect from Snake porpoise)
also been observed with Baird's beaked whales (Berardius bairdii), Dall’s porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli), humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), pilot...
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gonatids; Baird's beaked whale, the narwhal, the short-finned pilot whale, Dall's porpoise, and sperm whales are all known to feed upon them. Other predators...
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Baird's beaked whale, the short-finned pilot whale, false killer whale, Dall's porpoise and sperm whales are all known to feed upon magister armhook squid...
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an infraorder that comprises the 94 species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises. It is divided into toothed whales (Odontoceti) and baleen whales (Mysticeti)...
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Massachusetts, where Dall's mother Caroline Wells Healey was a teacher, transcendentalist, reformer, and pioneer feminist. In 1862, Dall's father, on one of...
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mainly in tropical regions. It was first described in 1846 as a species of porpoise based on a skull, which was revised when the first carcasses were observed...
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Delphinapterus leucas vagrant Family: Phocoenidae Harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena Dall's porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli Family: Physeteridae Pygmy sperm...
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finless porpoise, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis EN IUCN Genus: Phocoena Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena LC IUCN Genus: Phocoenoides Dall's porpoise, Phocoenoides...
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Delphinida) from the Miocene of Peru and the origin of modern dolphin and porpoise families. Zool J Linn Soc 2017; 179 (4): 919-946. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12479...
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hybrid could breed remains unknown. Results of a genetic study reveal that porpoises and white whales are closely related, forming a separate clade which diverged...
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between 10 and 15 minutes. The species can travel at speed, and may show 'porpoising' behaviour. The killer whale (Orcinus orca) is a documented predator of...
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Stewart, P. J.; Clapham, J.; Powell, J. A. (2002). Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the eastern North Pacific and adjacent Arctic waters: A guide to their...
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