🐬Vaquita
The vaquita is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico. Reaching a maximum body length of 150 cm (4.9 ft) (females) or 140 cm (4.6 ft) (males), it is the smallest of all living cetaceans. The species is currently on the brink of extinction, and is 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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IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.
- Body mass
- 44 kg
- Body length
- 1.48 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 28 years
Everything we know about the Vaquita
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass44 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length1.48 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female1.5 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Figures vary
- 1.45 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan28 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length9.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity137 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation323 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l44 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Vaquita yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCetacea
- ›familyPhocoenidae
- ›genusPhocoena
- ›speciesPhocoena sinus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
- familyPhocoenidae
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderWhippomorpha
- infraorderWhales & dolphins · Cetacea
- familyPhocoenidae
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