Common Name
Harbor Porpoise
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Phocoenidae
Species Name
Phocoena phocoena
Status
Vulnerable
States
Alaska
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Oregon
Rhode Island
Virginia
Washington
Distribution
N Pacific and N Atlantic: arctic to cold-temperate waters, isolated population in Black Sea; extends south to Senegal in the E Atlantic
Notes
Shy and often difficult to approach. Seldom breaches, but many arc and splash when pursuing prey. Lives in cold coastal waters.