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Abstract
Mammals of the family Phocoenidae comprising four genera found in the North Pacific Ocean and both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean and in various other seas. They differ from DOLPHINS in that porpoises have a blunt snout and a rather stocky body while dolphins have a beak-like snout and a slender, streamlined body. They usually travel in small groups. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, pp1003-4)
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Synonyms
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- Phocoenidae
- Porpoise
- Australophocaena dioptrica
- Dall Porpoise
- Finless Porpoise
- Neophocaena phocaenoides
- Phocoenoides dalli
- Spectacled Porpoise
- Finless Porpoises
- Porpoise, Dall
- Porpoise, Finless
- Porpoise, Spectacled
- Porpoises, Finless
- Porpoises, Spectacled
- Spectacled Porpoises
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.
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History Note
98; use DOLPHINS 1968-97
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Previous Indexing
- Cetacea (1966-1975)
- Dolphins (1967-1997)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Porpoises. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019576. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019576
- Porpoises. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porpoise
- Porpoises. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10867