Spectacled Porpoise

Phocoena dioptrica

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The spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) is a small to midsize porpoise indigenous to the Southern Ocean. It is one of the most poorly studied cetaceans, partly due to its remote range in the Southern Ocean. What little is known about this porpoise species has been gathered mainly from stranded individuals, and a few observations of living animals made at sea. The species was first described in 1912 by Fernando Lahille.

References

  1. National risk scores for H5 bird flu for native birds and mammals — DCCEEW
  2. Phocoena dioptrica — Wikipedia