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

Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758)

[Delphinus] phocoena Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 77 .

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).