Phocoena

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Kingdom Animalia Order Artiodactyla Family Phocoenidae Length Vaquita: 1.5 m Rank Genus		Phylum Chordata Infraorder Cetacea Scientific name Phocoena Higher classification Porpoise

Mass Harbour porpoise: 53 kg, Vaquita: 43 kg Lower classifications Harbour porpoise, Vaquita, Burmeister's porpoise, Spectacled porpoise

Phocoena is a genus of porpoises with four extant species:

Spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica)

Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)

Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)

Nise phocoena phocoena

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