Mammalverified

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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Taxonomy

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetartiodactyla

Family

Phocoenidae

Other species in Phocoenidae

Phocoena dioptrica

Spectacled Porpoise

Phocoena spinipinnis

Black Porpoise

Phocoena sinus

Gulf of California Harbor Porpoise

Neophocaena asiaeorientalis

Narrow-Ridged Finless Porpoise

Phocoenoides dalli

Dall Porpoise

Neophocaena phocaenoides

Black Finless Porpoise