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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.

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  • Vaquita
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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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  • CR
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Status
  • CR
  • Critically Endangered
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  • 2006-05-11(xsd:date)
Name
  • Vaquita
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status system
  • iucn2.3
ordo
range map
  • cetacea_range_map_Vaquita.PNG
range map caption
  • Vaquita range
Species
  • P. sinus
Title
  • Phocoena sinus
range map width
  • 200(xsd:integer)
Genus
Class
Color
  • pink
OtherName
  • Cochito, Desert Porpoise, Gulf of California Harbor Porpoise, Gulf of California Porpoise, and Gulf Porpoise.
binomial authority
  • Norris & McFarland, 1958
binomial
  • Phocoena sinus
ID
  • 17028(xsd:integer)
assessors
  • Cetacean Specialist Group
Family
Order
classis
  • Mammalia
Phylum
regnum
  • Animalia
Year
  • 1996(xsd:integer)
Location
  • Gulf of California
abstract
  • 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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