Phocoena sinus

K. S. Norris & McFarland, 1958

Vaquita

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Whippomorpha
Infraorder : Cetacea
Parvorder : Odontoceti
Superfamily : Delphinoidea
Family : Phocoenidae
Genus : Phocoena

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Norris, K.S. and McFarland, W.N. 1958. A new harbor porpoise of the genus Phocoena from the Gulf of California. Journal of Mammalogy 39(1):22-39.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1376606

Original name as described

Phocoena sinus

Other common names

Cochito · Gulf of California Porpoise · Gulf Porpoise

Type material

MVZ:Mamm:120933

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:120933

Type locality

"from the northeast shore of Punta San Felipe, Baja California Norte, Gulf of California, Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006451

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Phocoena sinus

K. S. Norris & McFarland, 1958

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

sinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:120933

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:120933

Authority page

24

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:297, 298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17028/214541137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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