Phocoena

Phocoena; Temporal range: Miocene-recent [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	A harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Phocoenidae
Genus:	Phocoena; Cuvier, 1816
Species
	Phocoena dioptrica; Phocoena phocoena; Phocoena sinus; Phocoena spinipinnis

Phocoena is a genus of porpoises with four extant species:

Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
Phocoena dioptrica	Spectacled porpoise	circumpolar in cool sub-Antarctic and low Antarctic waters
Phocoena phocoena	Harbour porpoise	cooler coastal waters of the North Atlantic, North Pacific and the Black Sea
Phocoena sinus	Vaquita	northern area of the Gulf of California, or Sea of Cortez
Phocoena spinipinnis	Burmeister's porpoise	coast of South America

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