Educational resources on Burmeister's Porpoise

Burmeister's Porpoise or Phocoena spinipinnis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Data Deficient . IUCN Profile of the Burmeister's Porpoise

Academic web links for the Burmeister's Porpoise.

ADW: Phocoena spinipinnis: Information
Burmeister's porpoise is a uniform color dorsally varying from dark grey to black while the ventral side is paler in pigmentation. This species's tendency to turn black soon after
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Phocoena_spinipinnis.html

ADW: Phocoena_spinipinnis.jpg
What's in a Scientific Name? Authority Lists: Where We Get Our Names Name, Rank ... Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister's porpoise)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/Grzimek_mammals/Phocoenidae/Phocoena...

ADW: Phocoena spinipinnis: Classification
Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister's porpoise) ... What do these icons mean? The icons tell you what features are available for
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Phocoena_spinipinnis.html

ADW: Phocoena spinipinnis: Pictures
Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister's porpoise)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Phocoena_spinipinnis.html

porpoises
Burmeister's porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis The specific name, spinipinnis, is derived from the Latin spina, meaning "spike", and pinna, meaning "fin".
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/porpoises.htm

Mammalian Species Accounts
Burmeister's Porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) Slender Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys gracilis) Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/msiaccounts.html

baikal seal
Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister's porpoise) Genus: Phocoenoides. Phocoenoides dalli (Dall's porpoise) ... Common Name: Baikal Seal or Nerpa. Class: Mammalia. Order: Pinnipedia
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/baikal_seal.htm

bottlenose dolphin
Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister's porpoise) Genus: Phocoenoides. Phocoenoides dalli (Dall's porpoise) ... Common Name: Bottlenose Dolphin. Class: Mammalia. Order
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/bottlenose_dolphin.htm

Whalenet Information Archive 1998: Handbook of Marine Mammals (fwd)
R.L. Brownell, Jr., and P.J. Clapham, Burmeister's Porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis. T. Kasuya, Finless Porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides. W.J. Houck and T.A. Jefferson, Dall's
whale.wheelock.edu/archives/info98/0337.html

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: spinipinnis
Burmeister’s Porpoise: Type Locality: Argentina, Buenos Aires, "captured in the mouth of the River Plata". Distribution: Southern hemisphere: coastal temperate waters of South America
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14300121