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  2. Burmeister's porpoise - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Category:Phocoena - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Phocoena - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Porpoise - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Vaquita - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Category:Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Portal:Cetaceans - Wikipedia

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    As an informal and colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea, i.e. all cetaceans apart from dolphins and porpoises. Dolphins and porpoises may be considered whales from a formal, cladistic perspective. Whales, dolphins and porpoises belong to the order Cetartiodactyla, which consists of even-toed ungulates.

  9. File:Burmeister's porpoise size.svg - Wikipedia

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