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The spectacled porpoise is a small to medium sized, very understudied porpoise species indigenous to the temperate, sub-Antarctic, and Antarctic waters of the Southern Ocean. The reason they are so poorly studied is due to their locale. These porpoises face the threats of overfishing, bycatch, and accidental capture. The IUCN […]

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The Indo-Pacific finless porpoise can be found in the coastal waters of Asia, specifically the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Preferring a soft and/or sandy bottom, they can also be found dwelling in shallow bays, mangroves, estuaries, and rivers. Unfortunately, these porpoises face many threats. Their primary threats are habitat loss […]

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The harbor porpoise, aka common porpoise or puffing pig, can be found throughout the North Atlantic, Arctic Oceans, North Pacific, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. They prefer bays, estuaries, river mouths, and occasionally even venture upriver. these porpoises are partial to cold, shallow coastal waters. Even though they face […]

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The vaquita, aka Cochito, Gulf of California porpoise, Gulf of California harbor porpoise, gulf porpoise, or desert porpoise, is the smallest known cetacean with the smallest range; as well as being the most endangered of all known cetaceans. These beautiful porpoises are not only at risk of extinction, but there […]

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The Yangtze finless porpoise, aka Indo-Pacific finless porpoise, black porpoise, black finless porpoise, Jiangzhun (river piglet), Shushuk (porpoise), or limbur, is a cetacean found off the coasts of eastern and southern Asia from the Arabian Gulf, on east to Japan and down south to Indonesia. They prefer warm temperate and […]

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