Marine Mammal Sci (1992)
(...) On 28 August 1989, we were informed by California State Park Ranger Robert Breen that a small porpoise had washed ashore at the James Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, San Mateo…
(...) On 28 August 1989, we were informed by California State Park Ranger Robert Breen that a small porpoise had washed ashore at the James Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, San Mateo…
Dall's porpoises from the Sea of Japan population taken by a dolphin fishery vessel were examined. Estimated body lengths at sexual maturity were similar to those for the truei-type population…
(...) The harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is found in coastal temperate and subarctic waters of the Northern Hemisphere (Gaskin et al. 1974). Although the species’ biology has been well documented…
(...) The finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) is found in the Inland Sea of Japan (Kasuya and Kureha 1979), but has not previously been confirmed to occur in the southwestern part…
(...) Guiler, Burton and Gales (1987) reported a cranium (Tasmanian Museum No. A1411) they identified as belonging to Burmeister’s porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister, 1865) from Heard Island (53°S 73°30’E). They…
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(...) The vaquita or Gulf of California harbor porpoise, Phocoena sinus Norris and McFarland 1958, has been observed rarely (Wells et al. 1981, Brownell 1983, Brownell 1986). Although a number…
(...) In the original description of the vaquita, Phocoena sinus, Norris and McFarland (1958) gave the range as “certainly occurring in the upper Gulf of California and probably extending south…
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…
(...) Our understanding of cetacean diving behavior has recently increased (Westgate et al. 1995, Heide-Jorgensen and Dietz 1995, Davis et al. 1996). However, there are few reports which measured swim…