Systema Naturæ (1758)
(...) Delphinus phocœna 1. Dolphin with a nearly coniform body, a wide back, and nearly blunt (obtuse) rostrum. . . . Lives in the oceans of Europe and the Baltic.…
Notice of a new species of porpoise (Phocaena tuberculifera) inhabiting the mouth of the Thames
Gray, J.E.
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1865)
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The Bay Porpoise
Scammon, C.M.
The Marine Mammals of the North-western Coast of North America (1874)
(...) This peculiar species of Dolphin is the least in size of the entire whale tribe inhabiting the Pacific North American Coast. When fully matured it may attain the length…
Fourth contribution to the history of the existing Cetacea
Cope, E.D.
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1876)
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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…
Guide to the whales, porpoises and dolphins (Order Cetacea) exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History)
Harmer, S. F.
(1909)
Porpoise. The Porpoise [Phocaena communis, or P. phocaena) is the smallest and most common of the Cetaceans found in the seas around the British Isles, and it also frequents the…
A note on the skeletons of two Alaskan porpoises
Miller, G. S. Jr.
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (1930)
(...) Skeletons of two Alaskan porpoises, Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus) and Phocoenoides dalli (True), have recently been mounted in the United States National Museum. Before these skeletons were placed on exhibition…
A porpoise chokes on a shark
Orr, R. T.
Journal of Mammalogy (1937)
On March 9, 1937, a harbor porpoise (Phocaena phocoena) that had been found dead the previous day on Rockaway Beach, San Mateo County, California, was brought to the Department of…
Measurements and stomach contents of eleven delphinids from the northeast Pacific
Scheffer, Victor B.
The Murrelet (1953)
The writer has examined nine porpoises and two dolphins collected 1950-1952 along the west coast of North America between southern California and the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Unless otherwise noted, the…
Some remarks on gestation and birth in Cetacea and other aquatic mammals
Slijper, E. J.
Hvalrådets Skrifter: Scientific Results of Marine Biological Research (1956)
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