Spectacled porpoise

Spectacled porpoise
Subadult female spectacled porpoise
Size compared to an average human
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Phocoenidae
Genus: Phocoena
Species:
P. dioptrica
Binomial name
Phocoena dioptrica
Lahille, 1912
Spectacled porpoise range
Synonyms

Australophocaena dioptrica

The spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) is a small to midsize porpoise indigenous to the Southern Ocean. It is one of the most poorly studied cetaceans, partly due to its remote range in the Southern Ocean. What little is known about this porpoise species has been gathered mainly from stranded individuals, and a few observations of living animals made at sea.[3]

The species was first described in 1912 by Fernando Lahille.[4][5]

  1. ^ Dellabianca, N.; Pitman, R.L.; Braulik, G. (2018). "Phocoena dioptrica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T41715A50381544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41715A50381544.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ Sekiguchi, K; Olavarria, C; Morse, L; Olson, P; Matsuoka, K; Pitman, R; Findlay, K; Gorter, U (2006). "The Spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) in Antarctic waters". Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 8 (3): 265–27. doi:10.47536/jcrm.v8i3.722. S2CID 257454374.
  4. ^ "Species Phocaena dioptrica Lahille, 1912". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  5. ^ Fernando Lahille (1912). "Nota preliminar sobre una nueva especie de Marsopa del rio dela Plata. (Phocaena dioptrica". Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires (in Spanish). 23: 269–278. Wikidata Q128020754.

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