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Dall's Porpoise

Phocoenoides dalli

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 128, February 119, March 185, April 216, May 334, June 291, July 231, August 206, September 181, October 144, November 116, December 117.
United States6,587
Canada2,267
British Columbia2,267
California1,604
Alaska342
Washington162
Oregon87
Russia4
Sakhalin Oblast4

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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
GenusPhocoenoides

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