Phocoena phocoena - #3561
Harbor Porpoise
Rescued as a calf in distress on a local beach in 2011; died in 2016. Formerly in order Cetacea.
Geographic Distribution
N Atlantic and N Pacific Oceans, isolated population in Black Sea, extends south to Senegal in E Atlantic
Order/Family
Phocoenidae
Genus
Phocoena
Specific Epithet
phocoena
Image Location
Canada, BC, Vancouver Aquarium
Image Date
3 August 2016
Photographer
LR Harding