Neophocaena

3 species

The list of species of Neophocaena genus

Neophocaena is a genus of porpoise native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, as well as the freshwater habitats of the Yangtze River basin in China. They are commonly known as finless porpoises. Genetic studies indicate that Neophocaena is the most basal living member of the porpoise family.

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Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise

Neophocaena phocaenoides

The Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) is an aquatic marine mammal found throughout most of the Indian Ocean, as well as the tropical and subtropical Pacific from Indonesia north to the Taiwan Strait. Finless porpoises are the...

Yangtze Finless Porpoise

Neophocaena asiaeorientalis

The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) is a species of toothed whale found only in the Yangtze River in China. It is the country's only known freshwater cetacean following the possible extinction of the baiji. The Yangtze finless...

East Asian Finless Porpoise

Neophocaena sunameri

The East Asian finless porpoise (Neophocaena sunameri) is a species of porpoise found in East Asia. The Yangtze finless porpoise was formerly considered a subspecies, but is now thought to be a distinct species.