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The harbour porpoise is a little smaller than the other porpoises, at about 67–85 cm (26 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 33 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long at birth, weighing 6.4–10 kg. Adults of both sexes grow to 1.4 to 1.9 m (4 ft 7 in to 6 ft 3 in).
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Harbor porpoises are “shy and elusive,” but they are seen regularly in the North Sea between the Netherlands and northeast England, ORCA experts said. Campbell and Rutter’s sighting was so ...
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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
Among the three rescues, one (father of world's first harbour porpoise born in captivity) lived for 20 years in captivity, another for 15 years, [32] [33] while the third (mother of first born in captivity) is the world's oldest known harbour porpoise, being 28 years old in 2023. [34] The typical age reached in the wild is 14 years or less.
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Cetacea (/ s ɪ ˈ t eɪ ʃ ə /; from Latin cetus 'whale', from Ancient Greek κῆτος () 'huge fish, sea monster') [3] is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.