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Bay Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
MammalverifiedLeast Concern

Phocoena phocoena

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Bay Porpoise

Also known as: Bucker, Common Porpoise, Harbor Porpoise, Harbour Porpoise, Herring Hog, Hogfish, Neesock, Nisack, Pellock, Porpess, Puffing Pig, Puffy-Dunter, Sea-Hog, Sea-Pig

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About

Max size

2 m

Taxonomy

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetartiodactyla

Family

Phocoenidae

Where to find it

common

Denmark

occasional

Sweden

Other species in Phocoenidae

Spectacled Porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica)

Phocoena dioptrica

Spectacled Porpoise

Black Porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)

Phocoena spinipinnis

Black Porpoise

Gulf of California Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena sinus)

Phocoena sinus

Gulf of California Harbor Porpoise

Narrow-Ridged Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis)

Neophocaena asiaeorientalis

Narrow-Ridged Finless Porpoise

Dall Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)

Phocoenoides dalli

Dall Porpoise

Black Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)

Neophocaena phocaenoides

Black Finless Porpoise

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