Genus

Phocoena (Typical porpoises)

Phocoena phocoena. Photo: (c) Ecomare/Salko de Wolf, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Phocoena is a genus of porpoises with four extant species:

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Laurasiatheria (Ungulates, carnivorans, and allies)
        Order: Artiodactyla (Even-toed ungulates and cetaceans)
        Suborder: Whippomorpha (Cetaceans and hippopotamuses)
        Infraorder: Cetacea (Cetaceans)
        Parvorder: Odontoceti (Toothed whales)
        Superfamily: Delphinoidea
        Family: Phocoenidae (Porpoises)
        Genus: Phocoena (Typical porpoises)
        Species: Phocoena phocoena (Harbour porpoise) (1)

Subtaxa

Species: Phocoena phocoena (Harbour porpoise)

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