Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister 1865

Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister 1865 Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister 1865, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865: 228. Type Locality: Argentina, Buenos Aires, "captured in the mouth of the River Plata". Vernacular Names: Burmeister's Porpoise. Synonyms: Phocoena philippii Perez Canto in Philip...

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Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11329809
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Summary:Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister 1865 Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister 1865, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865: 228. Type Locality: Argentina, Buenos Aires, "captured in the mouth of the River Plata". Vernacular Names: Burmeister's Porpoise. Synonyms: Phocoena philippii Perez Canto in Philippi 1896. Distribution: Southern hemisphere: coastal temperate waters of South America, from Rio Urucanga, Santa Catarina, Brazil to Tierra del Fuego to Paita, Peru. Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. Discussion: Reviewed by Brownell and Praderi (1984, Mammalian Species, 217). A recent specimen referred to this species from Heard Isl has been reidentified as Phocaena dioptrica (Brownell et al., 1989). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, pp. 723-743 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 736, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519