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ANIMAL INFORMATION: Please note, this part of mongabay has been updated |
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Gulf Of California PorpoiseEducational resources on Gulf Of California PorpoiseGulf Of California Porpoise or Phocoena sinus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Critically Endangered due to C2b. IUCN Profile of the Gulf Of California Porpoise The Vaquita - Gulf of California harbor porpoise The vaquita vanishing Rarely sighted small mammal is victim of fishermen's nets in Gulf of California reserve. by Eric Niiler San Diego Union Tribune, Wednesday, June 17, 1998 www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/NiilerVaquitaGulfof%20CA.html ASK Archive 2001: Rare dolphins The Beiji (Chinese river dolphin) and Vaquita (Gulf of California porpoise) are the most endangered dolphins. I should point out that neither of these are in the family whale.wheelock.edu/archives/ask01/0305.html ASK Archive 1997: Re: Whale Extinction ...just a small whale), the populations in the most trouble today include: North Atlantic right whales North Pacific right whales Gulf of California porpoise whale.wheelock.edu/archives/ask97/0445.html Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Street and Constitution Avenue N.W. WHO: Charley Potter, marine mammalogist, National Museum of Natural History (organizer of the symposium) The vaquita, or Gulf of California porpoise www.mnh.si.edu/press_office/releases/2008/VAQUITA%20Media%20Advisory%20SI-402-2008%20(3).pdf 20080122 1/23. 1830 SumnerHall BarbaraTaylor Will Vaquita, the Gulf of California porpoise, soon become extinct? */23: Discover bill is due on the 30th */22-28 humu.ucsd.edu/cgi-bin/ChrisGarrod?20080122 20080123 1/23. 1830 SumnerHall BarbaraTaylor Will Vaquita, the Gulf of California porpoise, soon become extinct? 20080118.091511: 1/24.12 HH SheriWhite WHOI Visible reflectance & laser humu.ucsd.edu/cgi-bin/ChrisGarrod?20080123 Low-Frequency Sound and Marine Mammals: Current Knowledge and Research ... Some other marine mammals, such as the Gulf of California porpoise (vaquita) and the Yangtze River dolphin (baiji), appear to be headed for extinction. www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4557&page=66 Saving the Vaquita: Immediate Action, Not More Data U.S.A. Introduction: The recent likely extinction of the baiji (Chinese river dolphin[Lipotes vexillifer]) (Turvey et al. 2007) makes the vaquita (Gulf of California porpoise geo.arizona.edu/rcncrd/documents/Saving%20the%20Vaquita%20april08.pdf What's Going on in the Delta? The recent extinction of the baiji (Chinese river dolphin, Lipotes vexillifer ) makes the vaquita, the Gulf of California porpoise ( Phocoena sinu s), the world's most endangered geo.arizona.edu/rcncrd/documents/RCN%20NEWSLETTER%20%20Issue%202%20May_FINAL.pdf First human-caused extinction of a cetacean species? Thevaquitaor Gulf of California porpoise (Phocoenasinus)is now the world'smost Critically Endangered cetacean species; incidental mortality in fishing gear is again the major threat www.eebweb.arizona.edu/courses/Ecol206/Turvey%20et%20al.%202007%20Human-caused%20...
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