Mammalia (2010)
The existence of at least two biological species of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides and N. asiaeorientalis) was accepted only recently. Given the vulnerability of finless porpoises to human activities throughout…
On the taxonomy and ecology of the finless black porpoise, Neophocaena (Cetacea, Delphinidae)
Pilleri, G.; Gihr, M.
Mammalia (1975)
This study was concerned with the taxonomy of the Finless Black Porpoise. Morphological and biometric analyses of the body and skull measurements of Pakistani, Chinese and Japanese specimens revealed that…
Abundance decline in the finless porpoise population in the Inland Sea of Japan
Kasuya, T.; Yamamoto, Y.; Iwatsuki, T.
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2002)
From 5 March to 1 July, 1999 and 2000, we made six shipboard surveys for finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in the Inland Sea, which is believed to be inhabited by…
Status and conservation of facultative freshwater cetaceans in Asia
Smith, B. D.; Jefferson, T. A.
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2002)
Irrawaddy dolphins Orcaella brevirostris and finless porpoises Neophocaena phocaenoides are referred to as facultative freshwater cetaceans because they occupy both fresh- and nearshore marine waters. In Asia, the especially rapid…
Observations on behavior and ecology of the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis) group at Tian-e-Zhou oxbow of the Yangtze River
Wei, Z.; Wang, D.; Kuang, X.; Wang, K.; Wang, X.; Xiao, J.; Zhao, Q.; Zhang, X.
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2002)
The authors made 39 surveys (a total of 161 days) in the Tian-e-Zhou Oxbow of the Yangtze River, China, for observing 13 Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis) captured from…
Population structure of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in coastal waters of Japan
Yoshida, H.
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2002)
To clarify population structure of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in Japan, a sequence of studies have been conducted: a questionnaire survey and aerial sighting surveys to obtain information on porpoise…
Preliminary analysis of geographic variation in cranial morphometrics of the finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
Jefferson, T. A.
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2002)
The taxonomy of the finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides), while better-studied than that of many species of small cetaceans, still suffers from some uncertainties and a general lack of data from…
Accumulation and temporal changes of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs in finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) from Korean coastal waters: Tracking the effectiveness of regulation
Jeong, Yunsun; Kim, Sang-Jo; Shin, Kyung-Hoon; Hwang, Seung Yong; An, Yong-Rock; Moon, Hyo-Bang
Marine Pollution Bulletin (2016)
Temporal trend studies are useful to evaluate the effectiveness of regulations on local pollutants. The emission of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been regulated…
The Yangtze finless porpoise: On an accelerating path to extinction?
Mei, Zhigang; Zhang, Xinqiao; Huang, Shiang-Lin; Zhao, Xiujiang; Hao, Yujiang; Zhang, Lin; Qian, Zhengyi; Zheng, Jinsong; Wang, Kexiong; Wang, Ding
Biological Conservation (2014)
For the conservation of endangered animals to be effective, information on population distribution and abundance requires regular updating from census efforts. The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) has recently…
Isolation of culturable aerobic bacteria and evidence of Kerstersia gyiorum from the blowhole of captive Yangtze finless porpoises
Wan, Xiaoling; McLaughlin, Richard William; Zhou, Junying; Hao, Yujiang; Zheng, Jinsong; Wang, Ding
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2016)
Bacterial respiratory illnesses are problematic in aquatic mammals such as the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis; YFP), which is now at a critically endangered status. Yet little is known…