Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758)
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Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL
[Delphinus] phocoena Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 77 View Cited Treatment .
Type Locality: "Habitat in Oceano Europaeo, & Balthico." (= Baltic Sea, "Swedish Seas").
Vernacular Names: Harbor Porpoise.
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Subspecies Phocoena phocoena subsp. phocoena Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Phocoena phocoena subsp. relicta Abel 1905
Subspecies Phocoena phocoena subsp. vomerina Gill 1865
Distribution: N Pacific and N Atlantic: arctic to cold-temperate waters, isolated population in Black Sea; extends south to Senegal in the E Atlantic.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Vulnerable.
Discussion: Reviewed by Gaskin et al. (1974, Mammalian Species, 42). Rice (1998:124) recognized P. p. phocoena (North Atlantic Harbor Porpoise), P. p. vomerina (Eastern North Pacific Harbor Porpoise) and an un-named subspecies in the western North Pacific, but did not recognize P. p. relicta (Black Sea Harbor Porpoise).
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Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758)
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005 |