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Striped Porpoise

Sagmatias obliquidens

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 47, February 40, March 42, April 52, May 51, June 37, July 32, August 33, September 41, October 42, November 54, December 42.
United States556
California513
Canada239
British Columbia239
Washington30
Oregon13

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • SocialLives in groups or coloniesFrom its classification
  • SmartDemonstrates problem-solving and learningFrom its classification

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterChecked by the maintainer
  • EcholocationUses sonar to navigate and huntChecked by the maintainer

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderEven-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans · Artiodactyla
FamilyOceanic Dolphins · Delphinidae
GenusSagmatias

Study it in a deck

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Striped Porpoise with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.