Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 736

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Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758)
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Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL

[Delphinus] phocoena Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 77 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "Habitat in Oceano Europaeo, & Balthico." (= Baltic Sea, "Swedish Seas").

Vernacular Names: Harbor Porpoise.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Phocoena phocoena subsp. phocoena Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Phocoena phocoena subsp. relicta Abel 1905

Subspecies Phocoena phocoena subsp. vomerina Gill 1865

Distribution: N Pacific and N Atlantic: arctic to cold-temperate waters, isolated population in Black Sea; extends south to Senegal in the E Atlantic.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Reviewed by Gaskin et al. (1974, Mammalian Species, 42). Rice (1998:124) recognized P. p. phocoena (North Atlantic Harbor Porpoise), P. p. vomerina (Eastern North Pacific Harbor Porpoise) and an un-named subspecies in the western North Pacific, but did not recognize P. p. relicta (Black Sea Harbor Porpoise).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Phocoenidae

Genus

Phocoena

Loc

Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Delphinus] phocoena

Linnaeus 1758: 77
1758
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