Distribution. Southern Hemisphere (E South America from S Brazil to Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Is (= Malvinas), South Georgia Is, Kerguelen Is, Heard I, Macquarie I, Auckland Is, and Tasmania). Although previously thought to be exclusively coastal, like other members of the genus, recent sightings in oceanic waters of the Antarctic and subantarctic zones suggest that the species actually has a circumpolar distribution and may be largely oceanic. in Phocoenidae

• Main Authors: Russell A. Mittermeier, Don E. Wilson
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Cetacea; Phocoenidae; Phocoena; Phocoena dioptrica; Antarc*; Antarctic; Phocoena phocoena; Lynx; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6607335

Distribution. Southern Hemisphere (E South America from S Brazil to Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Is (= Malvinas), South Georgia Is, Kerguelen Is, Heard I, Macquarie I, Auckland Is, and Tasmania). Although previously thought to be exclusively coastal, like other members of the genus, recent sightings in oceanic waters of the Antarctic and subantarctic zones suggest that the species actually has a circumpolar distribution and may be largely oceanic. Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2014, Phocoenidae, pp. 528-545 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 542, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6607321