Back دلفين دل الخنزيري Arabic دلفين دل الخنزيرى ARZ Gepenol (Phocoenoides dalli) AVK Белоперкова морска свиня Bulgarian Marsopa de Dall Catalan Phocoenoides dalli CEB Sviňucha běloploutvá Czech Hvidsidemarsvin Danish Weißflankenschweinswal German Phocoenoides dalli Spanish

Dall's porpoise

Dall's porpoise[1]
Size compared to an average human
Size compared to an average human
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Phocoenidae
Genus: Phocoenoides
(Andrews, 1911)
Species:
P. dalli
Binomial name
Phocoenoides dalli
(True, 1885)
  Dall's porpoise range

Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) is a species of porpoise endemic to the North Pacific. It is the largest of porpoises and the only member of the genus Phocoenoides. The species is named after American naturalist W. H. Dall.

William Healey Dall's 1873 field notes on Phocoenoides from the Smithsonian Institution's Field Books collection
  1. ^ Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). "Order Cetacea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 723–743. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference IUCN assessment was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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