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Harbor Porpoise
Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Cetartiodactyla - even-toed ungulates »  family Phocoenidae »  genus Phocoena

Scientific synonyms

Delphinus phocoena Linnaeus, 1758
Phocaena phocaena acuminata Van Deinse, 1935
Phocaena americana J. A. Allen, 1869
Phocaena brachcium Hall & Kelson, 1959
Phocaena brachycium Cope, 1865
Phocoena communis Lesson, 1827
Phocaena communis Lesson, 1827
Phocaena phocaena acuminata var. conidens Van Deinse, 1946
Phocaena lineata Cope, 1876
Delphinus phocaena Muller, 1776

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Other names

= Common Porpoise

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC

Images

Phocoena phocoena - Harbor Porpoise

Author: Václav John

Phocoena phocoena - Harbor Porpoise

Author: Václav John

Phocoena phocoena - Harbor Porpoise

Author: Václav John

Phocoena phocoena - Harbor Porpoise

Phocoena phocoena - Harbor Porpoise

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Phocoena phocoena - Harbor Porpoise

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Phocoena phocoena - Harbor Porpoise

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Phocoena phocoena - Harbor Porpoise

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Phocoena phocoena - Harbor Porpoise

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Phocoena phocoena - Harbor Porpoise

Author: Klaus Rudloff
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Intertaxon relationships

predator: Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Killer Whale, Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) - Great White Shark

parasite: Campula oblonga Cobbold, 1858, Pennella balaenopterae Koren & Danielssen, 1877

prey: Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 - Atlantic Herring, Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776) - Capelin

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Included taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Phocoena phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - North Atlantic Harbor Porpoise

Phocoena phocoena phocoena

subspecies Phocoena phocoena relicta Abel, 1905 - Black Sea Harbor Porpoise
subspecies Phocoena phocoena vomerina Gill, 1865 - Eastern North Pacific Harbor Porpoise

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [17027]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Phocoena phocoena Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)]
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