East Asian finless porpoise
| East Asian finless porpoise | |
|---|---|
| At Miyajima Public Aquarium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Phocoenidae |
| Genus: | Neophocaena |
| Species: | N. sunameri |
| Binomial name | |
| Neophocaena sunameri Pilleri & Gihr, 1975 | |
The East Asian finless porpoise (Neophocaena sunameri) is a species of porpoise native to the East China Sea, Yellow Sea, and the seas around Japan. The Yangtze finless porpoise (N. asiaeorientalis) was formerly considered a subspecies, but is now thought to be a distinct species.
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