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A survey taken of the vaquita population in the summer of 2024 only found six to eight individuals remaining. This doesn’t mean there are only six to eight vaquitas left in the world.
The number of Mexico’s critically endangered vaquita marina porpoises sighted in the Gulf of California fell to between 6 and 8 this year, researchers said Tuesday. Last year, experts on a ...
A 2024 survey observed a minimum of 6 to 8 individuals (with a maximum of 9 to 11), the lowest ever count, but this number may just be a result of the small survey area instead of an actual population decline, as vaquitas freely move in and out of the survey region.
There are as few as 10 vaquitas left in the wild, all in the Gulf of California. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News. Entertainment. Entertainment. People.
Clockwise from top left: Jaguar ( Panthera onca ), vaquita ( Phocoena sinus ), Copper Canyon , Sumidero Canyon , Agave , Dahlia Mexico ranks fourth [ 1 ] in the world in biodiversity and is one of the 17 megadiverse countries .
Vaquita Mammal (porpoise) Northern Gulf of California, Mexico 12 [7] capture in fishermen's gillnets; ... This page was last edited on 6 December 2024, at 18:06 (UTC).
There are thought to be 12 vaquitas left in the world. [ 10 ] the totoaba , now virtually extinct, a steel-blue fish that grows up to 2 m (7 ft) and 136 kg (300 pounds), and once supported a commercial fishery that closed in 1975 (Postel et al., n.d.).
There are less than 30 of them left in the wild, and scientists only captured the first live one recently.