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Phocoena sinus (species), “Desert Porpoise”, “Vaquita Porpoise”, “Gulf of California Porpoise”, “Gulf Porpoise”, “Cochito”, “Gulf of California Harbour Porpoise”, “Chochito”, “Vaquita Gulf Porpoise”

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The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico. Averaging 150 cm (4.9 ft) (females) or 140 cm (4.6 ft) (males) in length, it is the smallest of all living cetaceans. The species is currently on the brink of extinction, and currently listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List; the steep decline in abundance is primarily due to bycatch in gillnets from the illegal totoaba fishery.

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