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Topic: Phocoenidae


  
  Porpoise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The porpoises are small cetaceans of the family Phocoenidae; they are related to whales and dolphins.
They are distinct from dolphins, although the word "porpoise" has been used to refer to any small dolphin, especially by sailors and fishermen.
Porpoises are the six species of toothed whale found in the Phocoenidae family of cetaceans.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phocoenidae   (490 words)

  
 Family Phocoenidae or porpoises
The family Phocoenidae is rather small, and consists of only six members.
This member of the Phocoenidae is highly active and the only member to actually rush to a bow ride.
A porpoise (suborder Odontoceti, family Phocoenidae) is distinct from a dolphin.
www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Cetacea/Phocoenidae   (341 words)

  
 Global review of porpoise (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) mortality in gillnets
Description: A global review of mortality of porpoises in gillnet fisheries indicates that individuals of all six species become entangled and die in gillnets.
Harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena are taken throughout their range and several populations are in decl...
Subject: Phocoenidae; mortality; nets; population decline; population status; world; gillnets; mortality causes; marine mammals; nature conservation
159.189.176.141 /xml/CSA-PL/19/3540282.html   (92 words)

  
 MavicaNET - Hnísur (Phocoenidae)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Skrá / Náttúra / Líf / Dýr (Animalia) / Spendýr (Mammalia) / Hvalir (Cetacea) / Whales (Cetacea): taxonomy / Hnísur (Phocoenidae)
This family of four Recent genera and six species is found in the North Pacific Ocean and adjoining seas, in coastal waters on both sides of the North Atlantic and around South America, in the Black Sea, off southern Asia and the East Indies, and around certain sub-antarctic islands.
Dolphins and Porpoises Delphinidae and Phocoenidae Information Page
www.mavicanet.com /lite/isl/21810.html   (329 words)

  
 Species Profiles — OBIS-SEAMAP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
JEFFERSON, T. A global review of porpoise (Cetacea, Phocoenidae) mortality in gillnets.
ROSEL, P. Phylogenetic relationships among the true porpoises (Cetacea Phocoenidae).
To get custom statistics or download the results as a CSV file, go to Observation Query & Summary
seamap.env.duke.edu /species/tsn/180475   (597 words)

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