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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Phocoenidae — theporpoises .
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Description: The recent likely extinction of the baiji or Chinese river dolphin, makes the vaquita (Phocoena sinus)? the Gulf of California porpoise? the most endangered cetacean.
Biodiversity 100: actions for the Americas Guillaume Chapron 2010
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Some poaching of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is thought to take place along the Finnmark coast, but the level of this harvest is unknown.
Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic 2009
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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus (R) and common porpoise Phocoena phocoena have also been sighted.
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Grey seals Halichoerus grypus now breed on the islands and 9-10 species of cetaceans are seen: among them minke Balaenoptera acutirostrata and killer whales Orcinus orca, harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena and Risso's, whitesided and whitebeaked dolphins, Grampus griseus, Lagenorhyncus acutus and L. albirostris.
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008
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Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)
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Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)
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(12 / 10 / 2006) Accidental death in fishing nets is driving the world's smallest cetacean, the Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), towards extinction, according to a new study published in the current issue of Mammal Review, the official scientific periodical of the Mammal Society.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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(12 / 10 / 2006) Accidental death in fishing nets is driving the world's smallest cetacean, the Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), towards extinction, according to a new study published in the current issue of Mammal Review, the official scientific periodical of the Mammal Society.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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Further, "the Pacific here is among the most important fishing waters and has some species that are unique, like the vaquita (Phocoena sinus), a small, rare type of porpoise that is on the verge of extinction," said Leila Monroe, oceans policy analyst with the U. S.-based Natural Resources Defence Council.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Inter Press Service: 2009
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(12 / 10 / 2006) Accidental death in fishing nets is driving the world's smallest cetacean, the Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), towards extinction, according to a new study published in the current issue of Mammal Review, the official scientific periodical of the Mammal Society.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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