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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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