Marine Mammal Sci (1985)
True porpoises are a morphologically distinctive and evolutionarily old group of odontocete cetaceans classified as the family Phocoenidae. They are distinct from members of the family Delphinidae, with which they…
Sperm morphology and morphometry of Burmeister’s porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)
Beilis, Adela; Cetica, P.; Merani, M. S.
Marine Mammal Sci (2000)
(...) Burmeister's porpoise inhabits temperate waters of South America, from Tierra del Fuego to Rio de la Plata (Uruguay) on the Atlantic coast, and from Tierra del Fuego to Paita…
On species of South American Delphinidae described by Dr. R. A. Philippi in 1893 and 1896
True, F.W.
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (1903)
(...) In 1893 Dr. R. A. Philippi, Director of the National Museum of Chili, described several new species of porpoises and commented on various South American forms previously known. In…
Prey occurrence in the stomach contents of four small cetacean species in Peru
García-Godos, I.; Van Waerebeek, K.; Reyes, J. C.; Alfaro-Shigueto, J.; Arias-Schreiber, M.
Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Mamm. (2007)
The diets of long-beaked common dolphins Delphinus capensis (n=117), dusky dolphins Lagenorhynchus obscurus (n=72), Burmeister's porpoises Phocoena spinipinnis (n=69) and offshore common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus (n=22) were determined based…
Parasites in stranded cetaceans of Patagonia
Berón-Vera, Bárbara; Crespo, Enrique A.; Raga, Juan A.
Journal of Parasitology (2008)
There is an increasing interest in parasites of marine mammals of Argentina. Here, we examined several poorly known cetaceans, i.e., 2 spectacled porpoises and 1 Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoenidae), and 1…
Contributions to the natural history of the cetaceans, a review of the family Delphinidae
True, F. W.
Bulletin - United States National Museum (1889)
(Phocoenid-related excerpts) (...) NEOMERIS Gray This genus appears to have but one character to distinguish it from Phocaena, namely, the absence of a dorsal fin. I was unable to discover…
Family Phocoenidae Gray, 1825
Rice, D.W.
Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution (1998)
(page 121) (...) Miller (1925) and Kellogg (1928) included the true porpoises in the family Delphinidae and did not even grant them subfamily status. However, Slijper (1936) and Fraser and…
Epidemiology of poxvirus in small cetaceans from the eastern South Pacific
Van Bressem, Marie-Françoise; Van Waerebeek, Koen
Marine Mammal Sci (1996)
The prevalence of ‘tattoo’ skin lesions, characteristic of poxvirus infection, was examined in 339 small cetaceans captured in gillnet fisheries off coastal Peru: 196 Lagenorhynchus obscurus (34.7%, CI 29.0%–41.8%), 54…
A global review of porpoise (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) mortality in gillnets
Jefferson, Thomas A.; Curry, Barbara E.
Biological Conservation (1994)
A global review of mortality of porpoises in gillnet fisheries indicates that individuals of all six species become entangled and die in gillnets. Harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena are taken throughout…
Description of a skeleton and supplementary notes on the skull of a rare porpoise Phocoena sinus Norris & McFarland 1958
Noble, B.A.; Fraser, F.C.
Journal of Natural History (1971)
The skull and incomplete skeleton of a specimen of Phocoena sinus from the Gulf of California are described and compared with specimens of P. phocoena and P. spinipinnis. The skeleton…