The development of spatial positions between mother and calf of Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) maintained in captive and seminatural environments

Xian, Yijie; Wang, Kexiong; Jiang, Wenhua; Zheng, Bangyou; Wang, Ding
Aquatic Mammals (2012)

For many toothed whales, two predominant and multifunctional spatial positions occur between a mother/calf pair after birth: (1) the echelon position and (2) the infant position. Other nonpredominant positions also…


Yangtze river population of Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides)

Reeves, Randall R.; Jefferson, Thomas A.; Kasuya, Toshio; Smith, Brian D.; Wang, Ding; Wang, Peilie; Wells, Randall S.; Würsig, Bernd; Zhou, Kaiya
Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Cetaceans in Asia (2000)

The population of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) that inhabits China’s Yangtze River is unique. All other known populations of the species are distributed principally in marine waters. This population is…