Vaquita
Phocoena sinus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Phocoena sinus
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Porpoise
- Diet
- Fish eater
- Size
- Medium (1–2 m)
- Active
- Day and night
- Continent
- North America
- Habitat
- Ocean
- Conservation status
- Critically endangered
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its Spanish name means little cow, and dark rings around its eyes and lips make its face unmistakable.
- Science first knew it only from skulls found on beaches, and it was described in 1958.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q725493 · All animals · All entries