PHOCOENIDAE, Grey, 1825
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6607321 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6607279 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B887D9-6B2C-FFBB-FDFC-7B25F9D88C18 |
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Diego |
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PHOCOENIDAE |
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Family PHOCOENIDAE View in CoL (PORPOISES)
• Small, relatively robust but slender porpoises with short and poorly defined beaks; small spade-shaped teeth.
• 120-240 cm. View Figure
• All oceans and some rivers in East and South Asia. View Figure
• Shoreward of the continental shelf, mostly shallow waters less than 180 m deep; two species occur in deep, oceanic waters (hundreds to thousands of meters deep), and two in rivers.
• 3 genera, 7 species, 11 taxa.
• 1 species Critically Endangered, 2 Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
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