The vaquita (VUH-key-TUH) is the smallest and most endangered cetacean (With the "extintion" of the Baiji) It only lives in the coastal waters of the Californian gulf. Its usually captured by fishers with their nets.
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| - The vaquita (VUH-key-TUH) is the smallest and most endangered cetacean (With the "extintion" of the Baiji) It only lives in the coastal waters of the Californian gulf. Its usually captured by fishers with their nets.
- Other names include cochito, desert porpoise, Gulf of California harbor porpoise, Gulf of California porpoise, and gulf porpoise.
- The Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a rare species of porpoise. It is endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez). Estimates of the number of individuals alive range from 100 [1] to 300 making it amongst the most endangered of all marine mammals [1]. The word "vaquita" is Spanish for little cow. Other names include Cochito, Gulf of California Harbor Porpoise, Gulf of California Porpoise, Gulf Porpoise, Hafenschweinswal, and Marsouin du Golfe de Californie.
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| - The vaquita (VUH-key-TUH) is the smallest and most endangered cetacean (With the "extintion" of the Baiji) It only lives in the coastal waters of the Californian gulf. Its usually captured by fishers with their nets.
- Other names include cochito, desert porpoise, Gulf of California harbor porpoise, Gulf of California porpoise, and gulf porpoise.
- The Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a rare species of porpoise. It is endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez). Estimates of the number of individuals alive range from 100 [1] to 300 making it amongst the most endangered of all marine mammals [1]. The word "vaquita" is Spanish for little cow. Other names include Cochito, Gulf of California Harbor Porpoise, Gulf of California Porpoise, Gulf Porpoise, Hafenschweinswal, and Marsouin du Golfe de Californie.
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