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Are vaquitas dolphins or whales? - Porpoise Conservation Society

Vaquitas are unique porpoises, neither dolphins nor whales. Help us make sure we can continue to learn more about these fascinating creatures by symbolically ...

Vaquita | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund

The plight of cetaceans—whales, dolphins, and porpoises—as a whole is exemplified by the rapid decline of the vaquita in Mexico, with about 10 individuals ...

Vaquita - NOAA Fisheries

The vaquita is about 5 feet long and is one of the smallest members of the dolphin, whale, and porpoise family. Females are longer than males, but males have ...

Vaquita - Whale & Dolphin Conservation USA

Vaquitas only live in one small area in the north of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), off Mexico. They are not found anywhere else on Earth.

Vaquita | The Marine Mammal Center

As the most endangered marine mammal in the world, vaquitas are dangerously close to extinction. The vaquita is the smallest of the cetaceans, measuring to ...

Is the vaquita a dolphin? - Porpoise Conservation Society

Although both vaquitas and dolphins are toothed whales (suborder Odontoceti), they belong to separate families: the vaquita is a porpoise (family Phocoenidae), ...

Vaquita - Wikipedia

The vaquita is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico. Reaching a maximum body length of 150 ...

Vaquita Facts and Information | United Parks & Resorts - SeaWorld.org

Common Name: vaquita, Gulf of California harbor porpoise, cochito ; Kingdom: Animalia ; Phylum: Chordata ; Class: Mammalia ; Order: Cetacea ...

Vaquita | Online Learning Center - Aquarium of the Pacific

Vaquita is Spanish for “little cow”. Their other common names are Gulf of California harbor porpoise, cochito, and vaquita marina. They were not discovered or ...

Vaquitas: Facts, Habitat, Diet, and Conservation Status | IFAW

Although they do visually resemble dolphins, their closest relatives, vaquitas have chunkier bodies and rounded heads with no snouts. They are sometimes ...

7 Facts about Vaquitas | Dolphin Discovery

Characteristics of the Vaquita. The Vaquita is the smallest of all cetaceans. It is robust, and its fins are long and concave. In addition, its dorsal fin is ...

The vaquita: 5 Facts about the most endangered marine mammal

The vaquita is the world's rarest marine mammal—and is in dire need of our help. Vaquita are often caught and drowned in gillnets used by ...

All About the Vaquita, the Most Endangered Marine Mammal

Vaquitas are the smallest cetaceans — the group that includes dolphins, porpoises and whales — at 4 to 5 feet (1.2 to 1.5 meters) long and 65 – 120 pounds (29.5 ...

The Vaquita Porpoise

The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a small porpoise (whales, dolphins, and porpoises are called cetaceans by scientists). It is one of only seven species of true ...

Discover the rare vaquita, a tiny porpoise on the brink of extinction

This is the most restricted range of any whale, dolphin or porpoise. They live in shallow, turbid waters.

6 Facts About Vaquitas, the World's Most Endangered Species

smallest of all cetacean species and shares many ecological characteristics with the 80 odd whale, dolphin and porpoise species found within the ...

Vaquita - Dolphins in Los Cabos

The Vaquita is a small porpoise endemic to the Sea of Cortez. It is the world's smallest, most endangered small marine cetacean. Read more at iTravel Cabo.

The Vaquita: The Most Mystical Little Cow - YouTube

Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Barbara Taylor shares some rare footage of the Vaquita enjoying their natural habitat and explains why this dolphin ...

Meet the Vaquita Porpoise - Videos - Voices in the Sea

The vaquita porpoise is the world's smallest and most endangered species of whale and is found only in the uppermost corner of Mexico's Gulf of California.

Preventing the extinction of the vaquita - EIA

Like its fellow cetaceans, whales and dolphins, the vaquita needs to come to the surface of the water to breathe. However, they are shy creatures that tend to ...