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Phocoena phocoena

Assessment information
CMS InstrumentsCMS, ASCOBANS, ACCOBAMS, Western African Aquatic Mammals
IUCN StatusCritically endangered
Date of entry in Appendix II1988
Geographic range
Countries Gambia, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal

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Common names
EnglishCommon Porpoise, Harbour Porpoise
FrenchMarsouin Commun
SpanishMarsopa común
GermanSchweinswal
Taxonomy
ClassMammalia
OrderCetacea
FamilyPhocoenidae
Scientific name Phocoena phocoena
Other details
Additional notesRange State list incomplete!

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