Porpoise
Fast facts
- Phylum
- Chordata
Scientific name
- Scientific name
- Phocoenidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Phocoenidae
How to say it in other languages
- Dutch
- Bruinvissen
- German
- Schweinswale
- Korean
- 쇠돌고래과
- Portuguese
- Focenídeos
Facts from Wikipedia’s “Porpoise” page and Wikispecies (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Porpoises are mammals that live in the ocean. They are in the order Cetacea. They form the family Phocoenidae. There are six species of porpoise. The porpoise is a common whale found along Chinese coasts. Porpoises have been effectively sustained for over twenty-five years by research and teaching institutions such as Fjored & Baelt in Denmark. To demonstrate effective supervision and stimulation in captivity, F&B harbor porpoises participate in daily training sessions for scientific study and educational awareness.
Taxonomy
- Family Phocoenidae:
- Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
- Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)
- Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
- Burmeister’s porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)
- Spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica)
- Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)
Appearance
Porpoises look much like dolphins, but they are different in some ways: They are smaller and more stout. They have spade-shaped teeth, rounded heads, blunt jaws, and triangular dorsal fins.
Images
Image:Dallsporpoise06.jpg|Dall’s porpoise Image:Tuemmler-drawing.jpg|A drawing of a Harbour porpoise.
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