PHOCOENIDAE Gray, 1825

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 159

Family PHOCOENIDAE Gray, 1825

Due to their morphological similarity with Delphinidae , the Phocoenidae were formerly included as a subfamily in the Delphinidae ( Mead & Brownell 2005) . Based on differences in both morphology and mtDNA, Phocoenidae tends to be regarded as a distinct family ( Nowak 2003; Mead & Brownell 2005). Three genera representing three species occur in the waters of Korea. Only Neophocaena asiaeorientalis is a common resident.