Educational resources on Gulf Porpoise

Gulf Porpoise or Phocoena sinus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Critically Endangered due to C2b. IUCN Profile of the Gulf Porpoise

Academic web links for the Gulf Porpoise.

porpoises
Vaquita or Gulf porpoise Phocoena sinus The specific name, sinus, is Latin for "hollow cavity". This may describe a characteristic of the porpoise's skull.
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/porpoises.htm

Mammalian Species Accounts
Gulf Porpoise (Phocoena sinus) Hairy and Honduran Fruit-eating Bats (Artibeus hirsutus and A. inopinatus) Mountain Lion (Felis concolor)
www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/msiaccounts.html

baikal seal
Phocoena sinus (Vaquita or Gulf porpoise) Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister'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 sinus (Vaquita or Gulf porpoise) Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister's porpoise) ... Common Name: Bottlenose Dolphin. Class: Mammalia. Order
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/bottlenose_dolphin.htm

ALN No. 39: Laird & Anderson: Building the ISDA
Numerous marine and fresh water species also are present, including the endemic Upper Gulf porpoise, endangered desert pupfish, totoaba, and Yuma clapper rail.
ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/aln39/laird.html

leopard seal
Phocoena sinus (Vaquita or Gulf porpoise) Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister's porpoise) ... Common Name: Leopard Seal. Class: Mammalia. Order: Pinnipedia. Family: Phocidae
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/leopard_seal.htm

rough toothed dolphin
Phocoena sinus (Vaquita or Gulf porpoise) Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister's porpoise) ... Common Name: Rough-toothed Dolphin Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/rough_toothed_dolphin.htm

gray seal
Phocoena sinus (Vaquita or Gulf porpoise) Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister's porpoise) ... Common Name: Gray Seal. Class: Mammalia. Order: Pinnipedia. Family: Phocidae
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/gray_seal.htm

right whale dolphins
Phocoena sinus (Vaquita or Gulf porpoise) Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister's porpoise) ... Common Name: Right Whale Dolphins Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea S uborder: Odontoceti
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/right_whale_dolphins.htm

pygmy dwarf sperm whale
Phocoena sinus (Vaquita or Gulf porpoise) Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister's porpoise) ... Common Name: Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales. Class: Mammalia. Order: Cetacea
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/pygmy_dwarf_sperm_whale.htm