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Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) is a species of porpoise endemic to the coast of South America. [1] It was first described by Hermann Burmeister , for whom the species is named, in 1865.
Articles relating to the Phocoena, a genus of porpoises with four extant species. Pages in category "Phocoena" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Spectacled porpoise: circumpolar in cool sub-Antarctic and low Antarctic waters Phocoena phocoena: Harbour porpoise: cooler coastal waters of the North Atlantic, North Pacific and the Black Sea Phocoena sinus: Vaquita: northern area of the Gulf of California, or Sea of Cortez Phocoena spinipinnis: Burmeister's porpoise: coast of South America
The vaquita (/ v ə ˈ k iː t ə / və-KEE-tə; Phocoena sinus) is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico.Reaching a maximum body length of 150 cm (4.9 ft) (females) or 140 cm (4.6 ft) (males), it is the smallest of all living cetaceans.
Animal taxa named by Hermann Burmeister (1807-1892) — a German−Argentine zoologist, entomologist, and herpetologist. Pages in category "Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister" The following 154 pages are in this category, out of 154 total.
Little is known about the diets of other species of porpoises. A dissection of three Burmeister's porpoises shows that they consume shrimp and euphausiids (krill). A dissection of a beached Vaquita showed remains of squid and grunts. Nothing is known about the diet of the spectacled porpoise. [18]
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Owen compared the skull to those of the long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas), beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), and Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus)–in fact, he gave it the nickname "thick toothed grampus" in light of this and assigned the animal to the genus Phocaena (a genus of porpoises) which Risso's dolphin was also assigned ...