Phocoena

Phocoena

A harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cetacea
Suborder:	Odontoceti
Family:	Phocoenidae
Genus:	Phocoena Cuvier, 1816
Species
Phocoena dioptrica Phocoena phocoena Phocoena sinus Phocoena spinipinnis

Phocoena is a genus of porpoises with four extant species:

Spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica)
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)
Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)

External links

Media related to Phocoena at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Phocoena at Wikispecies
Phocoena in Mammal Species of the World

Extant Cetacea species

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Infraclass Eutheria
Superorder Laurasiatheria
Order Cetartiodactyla
Suborder Whippomorpha

Parvorder Mysticeti (Baleen whales)

Balaenidae

Balaena	Bowhead whale (B. mysticetus)

Eubalaena (Right whales)	Southern right whale (E. australis) North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis) North Pacific right whale (E. japonica)

Balaenopteridae
(Rorquals)

Balaenoptera	Common minke whale (B. acutorostrata) Antarctic minke whale (B. bonaerensis) Sei whale (B. borealis) Bryde's whale (B. brydei) Pygmy Bryde's whale (B. edeni) Blue whale (B. musculus) Omura's whale (B. omurai) Fin whale (B. physalus)

Megaptera	Humpback whale (M. novaeangliae)

Eschrichtiidae

Eschrichtius	Gray whale (E. robustus)

Neobalaenidae

Caperea	Pygmy right whale (C. marginata)

Parvorder Odontoceti (Toothed whales) (cont. below)

Delphinidae
(Oceanic dolphins)

Cephalorhynchus	Commerson's dolphin (C. commersonii) Chilean dolphin (C. eutropia) Haviside's dolphin (C. heavisidii) Hector's dolphin (C. hectori)

Delphinus	Long-beaked common dolphin (D. capensis) Short-beaked common dolphin (D. delphis)

Feresa	Pygmy killer whale (F. attenuata)

Globicephala (Pilot whales)	Short-finned pilot whale (G. macrorhynchus) Long-finned pilot whale (G. melas)

Grampus	Risso's dolphin (G. griseus)

Lagenodelphis	Fraser's dolphin (L. hosei)

Lagenorhynchus	Atlantic white-sided dolphin (L. acutus) White-beaked dolphin (L. albirostris) Peale's dolphin (L. australis) Hourglass dolphin (L. cruciger) Pacific white-sided dolphin (L. obliquidens) Dusky dolphin (L. obscurus)

Lissodelphis (Right whale dolphins)	Northern right whale dolphin (L. borealis) Southern right whale dolphin (L. peronii)

Orcaella	Irrawaddy dolphin (O. brevirostris) Australian snubfin dolphin (O. heinsohni)

Orcinus	Killer whale (O. orca)

Peponocephala	Melon-headed whale (P. electra)

Pseudorca	False killer whale (P. crassidens)

Sotalia	Tucuxi (S. fluviatilis) Costero (S. guianensis)

Sousa	Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (S. chinensis) Atlantic humpback dolphin (S. teuszii)

Stenella	Pantropical spotted dolphin (S. attenuata) Clymene dolphin (S. clymene) Striped dolphin (S. coeruleoalba) Atlantic spotted dolphin (S. frontalis) Spinner dolphin (S. longirostris)

Steno	Rough-toothed dolphin (S. bredanensis)

Tursiops	Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (T. aduncus) Burrunan dolphin (T. australis) Common bottlenose dolphin (T. truncatus)

Parvorder Odontoceti (Toothed whales) (cont. above)

Monodontidae

Delphinapterus	Beluga (D. leucas)

Monodon	Narwhal (M. monoceros)

Phocoenidae
(Porpoises)

Neophocaena	Finless porpoise (N. phocaeniodes)

Phocoena	Spectacled porpoise (P. dioptrica) Harbor porpoise (P. phocoena) Vaquita (P. sinus) Burmeister's porpoise (P. spinipinnis)

Phocoenoides	Dall's porpoise (P. dalli)

Physeteridae

Physeter	Sperm whale (P. macrocephalus)

Kogiidae

Kogia	Pygmy sperm whale (K. breviceps) Dwarf sperm whale (K. simus)

Iniidae

Inia	Amazon river dolphin (I. geoffrensis)

Lipotidae

Lipotes	Baiji (L. vexillifer)

Platanistidae

Platanista	Ganges and Indus River dolphin (P. gangetica)

Pontoporiidae

Pontoporia	La Plata dolphin (P. blainvillei)

Ziphiidae
(Beaked whales)

Berardius	Arnoux's beaked whale (B. arnuxii) Baird's beaked whale (B. bairdii)

Hyperoodon	Northern bottlenose whale (H. ampullatus) Southern bottlenose whale (H. planifrons)

Indopacetus	Tropical bottlenose whale (I. pacificus)

Mesoplodon (Mesoplodont whales)	Sowerby's beaked whale (M. bidens) Andrews' beaked whale (M. bowdoini) Hubbs' beaked whale (M. carlhubbsi) Blainville's beaked whale (M. densirostris) Gervais' beaked whale (M. europaeus) Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (M. ginkgodens) Gray's beaked whale (M. grayi) Hector's beaked whale (M. hectori) Strap-toothed whale (M. layardii) True's beaked whale (M. mirus) Perrin's beaked whale (M. perrini) Pygmy beaked whale (M. peruvianus) Stejneger's beaked whale (M. stejnegeri) Spade-toothed whale (M. traversii)

Tasmacetus	Shepherd's beaked whale (T. sheperdi)

Ziphius	Cuvier's beaked whale (Z. cavirostris)

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