Least ConcernHarbor Porpoise
Phocoena phocoena
34 countries8 parks33 dive sites
Species group · Mammals
WAnimals has 2 species of porpoise, in the family Phocoenidae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 34 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It split from its ancestral lineage some 15 million years ago.
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It feeds on small fish and squid.
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It lives in shallow, temperate to cold coastal waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
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The fastest small cetacean: it throws up a fan of water swimming at 55 km/h.
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It is one of the fastest porpoises known, and throws up a characteristic rooster tail of spray when it runs at speed along the surface.
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It is the fastest small cetacean in the world: it exceeds 55 kilometres an hour and throws up a characteristic fan of spray as it swims, known as the rooster tail.
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