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Vaquita
The vaquita ( ; Phocoena sinus) is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico. Reaching a maximum body length of (females) or (males), it is the smallest of all living cetaceans. The species is currently on the brink of extinction, and is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List; the steep decline in abundance is primarily due to bycatch in gillnets from the illegal totoaba fishery.
Mesoplodon ginkgodens
species of mammal
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species of mammal
Pale gerbil
species of mammal
Malayan water shrew
species of mammal
Yucatan Yellow Bat
species of mammal
Crocidura wimmeri
species of mammal
Greenhall's dog-faced bat
species of mammal
little big-eyed bat
species of mammal
West African Pygmy Shrew
species of mammal
Cansdale's swamp rat
species of mammal
Secretive dwarf squirrel
species of mammal
Capricorn leaf-eared mouse
species of mammal
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species of mammal