The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2002)
We studied the growth and reproduction of finless porpoises in southern China, based on 86 specimens collected as strandings or fisheries bycatches in Hong Kong, southern Fujian Province, and Taiwan.…
Geographic variation in external morphology of Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli
Amano, M.; Miyazaki, N.
Aquatic Mammals (1996)
We examined geographic variation in external measurements of Dall’s porpoises, using 269 sexually mature specimens from throughout their range, excluding coastal waters off North America and the northern Okhotsk Sea.…
Paedomorphic ossification in porpoises with an emphasis on the Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)
Mellor, Liliana; Cooper, Lisa Noelle; Torre, Jorge; Brownell, Robert L.
Aquatic Mammals (2009)
Heterochrony, the change in timing of developmental processes, is thought to be a key process shaping the numerous limb morphologies of tetrapods. Through a delayed offset in digit development, all…
Swimming kinematics of a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and an Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
Curren, Kristina; Lien, John
Marine Mammal Sci (1994)
(...) Little data exists on the swimming movements of dolphins and whales. The earliest record of cetacean swimming kinematics came from Parry (1949), who observed the swimming motions of a…
Development, sexual dimorphism, and individual variation in the skeleton of the finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides, in the coastal waters of western Kyushu, Japan
Yoshida, Hideyoshi; Shirakihara, Miki; Takemura, Akira; Shirakihara, Kunio
Marine Mammal Sci (1994)
Development, sexual dimorphism, and individual variation were examined in the skeleton of the finless porpoise in the coastal waters of western Kyushu, Japan. Skulls ceased growing by 4 yr. Postcranial…
A porpoise, Australophocaena dioptrica, previously identified as Phocoena spinipinnis, from Heard Island
Brownell, Robert L.; Heyning, John E.; Perrin, William F.
Marine Mammal Sci (1989)
(...) 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…
Evolution, taxonomy and antitropical distributions of the porpoises (Phocoenidae, Mammalia)
Barnes, Lawrence G.
Marine Mammal Sci (1985)
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…
Re-evaluation of geographic variation in the white flank patch of dalli-type Dall’s porpoises
Amano, Masao; Marui, Miho; Guenther, Tamara; Ohizumi, Hiroshi; Miyazaki, Nobuyuki
Marine Mammal Sci (2000)
(...) Amano and Miyazaki (1996) found a geographic difference in the size of the white flank patch among dalli-type animals and reported that porpoises from the Sea of Japan-Okhotsk population…
Sperm morphology and morphometry of Burmeister’s porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)
Beilis, Adela; Cetica, P.; Merani, M. S.
Marine Mammal Sci (2000)
(...) Burmeister's porpoise inhabits temperate waters of South America, from Tierra del Fuego to Rio de la Plata (Uruguay) on the Atlantic coast, and from Tierra del Fuego to Paita…
Geographical variation in metric skull characters among proposed subpopulations and stocks of harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, in the western north Atlantic
Gao, Anli; Gaskin, D. E.
Marine Mammal Science (1996)
A total of 433 skulls of harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, were examined to evaluate geographical variation within the western North Atlantic, using analysis of covariance and discriminant analysis based on…