Directory of Phocoenidae Resources

The family Phocoenidae, consisting of 6 species in 4 genera.

Resources in This Category

Dall’s Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)

http://wildwhales.org/dalls-porpoise/
Includes identification, natural history, movie, distribution and status in Canada.
Finless Porpoise: Neophocaena phocaenoides

http://www.arkive.org/finless-porpoise/neophocaena-phocaenoides/
Photographs, a video and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
Finless porpoises in China on brink of extinction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8767000/8767968.stm
The BBC reports that finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides), a rare type of toothed whale living in China, may be even more endangered than previously thought.
Harbor Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena

http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=364
Information on this species, including its description and behavior, range, ecology and life history.
Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

http://wildwhales.org/harbour-porpoise/
Includes identification, natural history, movie, distribution and status in Canada.
Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)

http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=78
Fact sheet from EDGE on this porpoise found in the Gulf of California.

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