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Porpoise Research Library

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Phylogeography of the finless porpoise and potential implications for the taxonomy of Neophocaena spp.

Lin, Wenzhi; Karczmarski, Leszek; Wu, Yuping
Mammalian Biology (2017)

The finless porpoise (genus Neophocaena) is a poorly known cetacean of great conservation concern. Within its range, from western Pacific to northwestern Indian Ocean, there are currently two species recognized…

  • Neophocaena phocaenoides
  • Neophocaena asiaeorientalis
  • classification
  • conservation
  • divergence
  • genetics
  • speciation

Vaquita Phocoena sinus Norris and McFarland, 1958

Vidal, O.; Brownell, R. L. Jr.; Findley, L. T.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Phocoena sinus
  • abundance
  • behaviour
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  • classification
  • coloration
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  • evolution
  • feeding
  • growth
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  • predation
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  • skeleton

Spectacled porpoise Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912

Brownell, R. L. Jr.; Clapham, P. J.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Phocoena dioptrica
  • bycatch
  • classification
  • coloration
  • distribution
  • diving
  • feeding
  • growth
  • life history
  • morphology
  • reproduction
  • skeleton

Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)

Read, A. J.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • abundance
  • behaviour
  • bycatch
  • captivity
  • capture
  • classification
  • coloration
  • disease
  • distribution
  • diving
  • echolocation
  • feeding
  • growth
  • habitat use
  • hearing
  • life history
  • morphology
  • parasites
  • physiology
  • pollutants
  • predation
  • rehabilitation
  • reproduction
  • skeleton

Finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides (G. Cuvier, 1829)

Kasuya, T.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Neophocaena phocaenoides
  • Neophocaena asiaeorientalis
  • behaviour
  • bycatch
  • capture
  • classification
  • coloration
  • disease
  • distribution
  • diving
  • echolocation
  • feeding
  • growth
  • habitat use
  • life history
  • morphology
  • neurology
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  • predation
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  • skeleton
  • vision

Dall’s porpoise Phocoenoides dalli (True, 1885)

Houck, W. J.; Jefferson, T. A.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Phocoenoides dalli
  • abundance
  • behaviour
  • bycatch
  • captivity
  • capture
  • classification
  • coloration
  • distribution
  • diving
  • echolocation
  • feeding
  • growth
  • habitat use
  • life history
  • morphology
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  • predation
  • reproduction
  • skeleton

Burmeister’s porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister, 1865

Brownell, R. L. Jr.; Clapham, P. J.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Phocoena spinipinnis
  • behaviour
  • bycatch
  • capture
  • classification
  • coloration
  • disease
  • distribution
  • diving
  • feeding
  • growth
  • habitat use
  • life history
  • morphology
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Genetic variability and differentiation in the toothed whales

Shimura, E.; Numachi, K.-I.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1987)

Genetic variability and differentiation of three families containing 12 species of toothed whales mainly from the sea around Japan have been examined by starch-gel electrophoresis at 19 genetic loci encoding…

  • Phocoenoides dalli
  • Phocoena phocoena
  • Neophocaena asiaeorientalis
  • bottlenose dolphin
  • classification
  • divergence
  • dolphin
  • genetics
  • whale

A new porpoise from Japan

Andrews, R. C.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (1911)

(...) On June 18, 1910, while the guest of the Oriental Whaling Company, Ltd. (Toyo Hogei Kabushiki Kaisha), at their station at Aikawahama in the north of Japan, a porpoise…

  • Phocoenoides dalli
  • classification
  • coloration
  • morphology
  • skeleton

Mammalia – VIII. Cete

von Linné, Carl
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.…

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • classification
  • discovery
  • dolphin
  • killer whale
  • whale

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