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Phocoena - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/mammalia/cetacea/phocoenidae/phocoena/

List of species.

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Phocoena sinus: Narrative - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/phocoena/p._sinus$narrative.html

An interesting feature of the vaquita is that it is the only species of porpoise that is found in such warm waters. Most phocoenids are restricted to water cooler than 20 degrees Celsius, vaquitas are unique in their ability to tolerate large annual fluctuations in temperature (Hohn, et al, 1996). The Gulf of California may experience temperature ranges from 14 degrees C in January to 36 degrees C in August. This may have an effect on the reproductive seasonality of this species.

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Phocoena phocoena: Narrative - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/phocoena/p._phocoena$narrative.ht

Found in both salt and fresh water areas, Phocoena phocoena require a shallow coastal body of water. In the Western Atlantic, they also move far out to sea near the end of summer and reappear in spring. Other regional populations move south or farther away from shore to avoid ice buildups.

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Phocoena: Common Porpoises, or Harbor Porpoises - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walkers_mammals_of_the_world/cetacea/cetacea.phoc

Common porpoises frequent coastal waters, bays, estuaries, and the mouths of large rivers. They sometimes ascend the rivers. In the western Atlantic, at least, P. phocoena apparently moves well out to sea at the end of summer and reappears in the spring. In other regions P. phocoena also moves away from shore and/or toward the south during the fall and winter in order to avoid the build-up of ice.

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Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena - English
URL: http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/mammals/whales/accounts/harbour.htm

Features.

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Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) - English
URL: http://phocoena.org/factsheets/harbourporp.html

Harbour porpoises are found in the temperate waters of the northern hemisphere in a nearly circumpolar distribution (see map). They generally inhabit coastal waters with a depth of less than 150 meters, and their common name is derived from their regular appearance in bays and harbours. Many populations of harbour porpoises are migratory.

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Морская свинья (черноморский подвид) - Russian
URL: http://www.apus.ru/on_site.php?p1=526&p2=7&p3=1422

Морская свинья (черноморский подвид) - Phocoena phocoena relicta - повсеместно обитает в прибрежной зоне Черного и Азовского морей над глубинами не более 200 м. Держится небольшими группами по 2-10 голов, но на скоплениях рыб собирается в значительные стада.

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Очковая морская свинья - Phocoena (Australophocaena) dioptrica - Russian
URL: http://gekla.chat.ru/dioptrica.htm

Известна по нескольким экземплярам.

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Морская свинья Бурмейстера, или черная морская свинья - Phocoena spinipinnus - Russian
URL: http://gekla.chat.ru/burmeister.htm

В водах Аргентины, Чили и Перу.

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Калифорнийская морская свинья - Phocoena sinus - Russian
URL: http://gekla.chat.ru/vaqita.htm

От Калифорнийского залива до залива Бандерос.

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Обыкновенная морская свинья - Phocoena phocoena - Russian
URL: http://gekla.chat.ru/harbour.htm

За день зимой потребляет до 5-7 кг рыбы, летом до 4-5 кг. В поисках пищи ныряют до 50-75 м и на срок не более 6 мин, но обычно плавают неглубоко и выныривают через 10-30 сек. Из воды не выпрыгивают. Живут небольшими группами; в большие стада собираются лишь на массовых скоплениях рыбы.

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