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SPECIES Phocoenoides dalli
Author: | True, 1885. | Citation: | Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 8: 95, pls. 2-5. | Common Name: | Dall’s Porpoise | Type Locality: | USA, Alaska, "in the strait west of Adakh [sic] Island, one of the Aleutian group". | Distribution: | North Pacific: cold-temperate waters. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (cd). | Comments: | Reviewed by Jefferson (1988, Mammalian Species 319). Rice (1998:125) recognized P. d. dalli and P. d. truei (True’s Porpoise). |
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| Offspring: SUBSPECIES dalli SUBSPECIES truei | Synonyms: |
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