PHOCOENIDAE, Grey, 1825

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2014, Phocoenidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 528-545 : 528

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6607321
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6607279
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scientific name	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.