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Harbour Porpoise

Phocoena phocoena

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) mrrovis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 8,498, February 6,277, March 9,834, April 15,471, May 22,307, June 24,325, July 26,029, August 22,385, September 16,434, October 12,267, November 6,703, December 5,239.
United States188,971
Alaska175,770
Canada15,955
Nova Scotia5,339
British Columbia1,993
California1,923
Washington1,913
Quebec1,413
Massachusetts1,161
Newfoundland and Labrador697

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

Traits

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
FamilyPorpoises · Phocoenidae
GenusTypical Porpoises · Phocoena

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