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Phocoena
Sign in to savePhocoena is a genus of porpoises with four extant species. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- | 120px|| Phocoena dioptrica || Spectacled porpoise ||circumpolar in cool sub-Antarctic and low Antarctic waters |- | 120px|| Phocoena phocoena || Harbour porpoise ||cooler coastal waters of the North Atlantic, North Pacific and the Black Sea |- |120px || Phocoena sinus || Vaquita ||northern area of the Gulf of California, or Sea of Cortez |- | 120px|| Phocoena spinipinnis || Burmeister's porpoise ||coast of South America |- |}
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Phocoena is a genus of marine and brackish mammals belonging to the family Phocoenidae. It is classified within the order Cetartiodactyla, class Mammalia, and phylum Chordata. The genus was described by G. Cuvier in 1816 and is commonly known as common porpoises.
Records for this taxon are held by institutions including the USNM, UCMP, ROM, AMNH, and CUMV. Specimens have been documented in the United States, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Japan. The genus is currently accepted as a valid taxon.
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Species
Harbour Porpoise
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCetacea
- FamilyPhocoenidae
鼠海豚属（学名：Phocoena）是鲸目鼠海豚科的一属，现存3种： 大西洋鼠海豚（Phocoena phocoena） 海湾鼠海豚（Phocoena sinus） 阿根廷鼠海豚（Phocoena spinipinnis） 另外一种眼斑海豚（Australophocaena dioptrica）有时以 Phocoena dioptrica 的学名被划归本属。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 67
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Phocoenidae
- Collections
- USNM, UCMP, ROM, AMNH, CUMV
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Netherlands, Japan
Research
692 papers- Challenges in the Assessment of Bycatch: Postmortem Findings in Harbor Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) Retrieved From Gillnets.Veterinary pathology · 2021
- Spontaneous neoplasms in harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena.Diseases of aquatic organisms · 2022
- Harbour Porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in the Mediterranean Sea and Adjacent Regions: Biogeographic Relicts of the Last Glacial Period.Advances in marine biology · 2016
- First description of the Burmeister porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) electrocardiogram.Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology · 2022
- Acoustic reflectivity of a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2019
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Encyclopedic overview
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Phocoena is a genus of porpoises with four extant species. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- | 120px|| Phocoena dioptrica || Spectacled porpoise ||circumpolar in cool sub-Antarctic and low Antarctic waters |- | 120px|| Phocoena phocoena || Harbour porpoise ||cooler coastal waters of the North Atlantic, North Pacific and the Black Sea |- |120px || Phocoena sinus || Vaquita ||northern area of the Gulf of California, or Sea of Cortez |- | 120px|| Phocoena spinipinnis || Burmeister's porpoise ||coast of South America |- |}
==References==
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