The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) is a species of toothed whale in the family Phocoenidae, the porpoise family. It is endemic...

are commonly known as finless porpoises. Genetic studies indicate that Neophocaena is the most basal living member of the porpoise family. There are three...

finless porpoise N. asiaeorientalis – Yangtze finless porpoise Genus †Numataphocoena N. yamashitai Genus Phocoena P. phocoena – harbour porpoise P. sinus...

be confused with the Chinese white dolphin (Sousa chinensis) or the finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides). This is the only species in the genus Lipotes...

The Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) is one of eight porpoise species. The species ranges throughout most of the Indian Ocean,...

Asian finless porpoise (Neophocaena sunameri) is a species of porpoise native to the East China Sea, Yellow Sea, and the seas around Japan. The Yangtze finless...

finless porpoise may refer to one of two species in the genus Neophocaena: the East Asian finless porpoise (N. sunameri) the Yangtze finless porpoise...

home to the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise. In the July–September period, flood water from the Yangtze flows into the lake, enlarging it...

The vaquita (/vəˈkiːtə/ və-KEE-tə; Phocoena sinus) is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico...

Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) is a species of porpoise endemic to the North Pacific. It is the largest of porpoises and the only member of the...

The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is one of eight extant species of porpoise. It is one of the smallest species of cetacean. As its name implies...

narrow-ridged finless porpoise, and also was the home of the now extinct Yangtze river dolphin (or baiji) and Chinese paddlefish, as well as the Yangtze sturgeon...

almost exclusively coastal and in rivers (finless porpoises) to species that are entirely oceanic (spectacled porpoise). The sperm whale characteristically...

the Yangtze finless porpoise). Various species of toothed whales, mainly dolphins, are kept in captivity, as well as several other species of porpoise such...

found in the Mekong, Mahakam, the Irrawaddy Rivers, as well as the Yangtze finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis. Some oceanic cetacean...

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background, ecology and conservation issues of horseshoe crabs. The Yangtze finless porpoise is listed as a First Class Protected Animal in China. OPCF had...

mainly in tropical regions. It was first described in 1846 as a species of porpoise based on a skull, which was revised when the first carcasses were observed...

The spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) is a small to midsize porpoise indigenous to the Southern Ocean. It is one of the most poorly studied cetaceans...

member of the unranked clade Cetacea, with all the whales, dolphins, and porpoises, and further classified into Odontoceti, containing all the toothed whales...

and porpoises such as common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, Pacific white-sided dolphins, dusky dolphins, harbour porpoises and Dall's porpoises. While...

baiji sightings in recent years. "Yangtze Finless Porpoise". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2019-05-18. The Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia,...

North Pacific Ocean. Lacking a dorsal fin, and appearing superficially porpoise-like, it is one of the two species of right whale dolphin. The northern...

dolphins and porpoises. Dolphins and porpoises may be considered whales from a formal, cladistic perspective. Whales, dolphins and porpoises belong to the...

collected in 1853 by naturalist Sir Walter Elliot, who thought it a kind of porpoise due to the short snout. However, when he sent drawings of these whales...

Neophocoena (Finless porpoises) Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (N. phocaenoides) Yangtze finless porpoise (N. asiaeorientalis) Phocoena Spectacled porpoise (P....

front of its snout is blunt. The flippers are broad and rounded. The finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) is similar and has no back fin; the humpback...

The superfamily Delphinoidea (which contains monodontids, dolphins and porpoises) split from other toothed whales, odontoceti, between 11 and 15 million...

Stewart, P. J.; Clapham, J.; Powell, J. A. (2002). Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the eastern North Pacific and adjacent Arctic waters: A guide to their...

unknown. Genetic evidence suggests that within the Delphinoidea clade, porpoises are more closely related to the white whales and that these two families...