PONTOPORIIDAE, Gray, 1870

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2014, Pontoporiidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 386-393 : 386

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6607678
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6607680
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treatment provided by	Diego
scientific name	PONTOPORIIDAE
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Treatment

Family PONTOPORIIDAE View in CoL

(FRANCISCANA)

* Small dolphin with slender body, bulky head, small eyes, long and slender rostrum in adults, and broad, paddle-shaped, and visibly fingered flippers; numerous sharp, conical teeth.

* 110-160 cm. View Figure

e Western South Atlantic. View Figure

® Shoreward of the inner continental shelf, mostly tropical to temperate watersless than 40 m deep.

* 1 genus, 1 species, 1 taxon.

* 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.