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Marine Mammals Information Database ：Illustrated Guide of Marine Mammals
Dall's porpoise
Scientific Name : Phocoenoides dalli / Japanese Name : ishi-iruka
Details
| Order | Cetartiodactyla |
|---|---|
| Suborder | Odontoceti |
| Family | Phocoenidae |
| Genus | Phocoenoides |
| Species | dalli |
| Subspecies | - |
| Subtype | - |
| CITES Appendix | II | IUCN RedData Status | Least Concern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baleen plates or tooth-Upper jaw | 23-28 | Baleen plates or tooth-Lower jaw | 22-26 |
| At birth | At weaning | Adult | Adult male | Adult female | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | 3.5ft | - | 6-7.5ft | - | - |
| Body weight | 25kg | - | 100-200kg | - | - |
| Feature and Habit |
|---|
| Their body is robust, but the head, the mouth, the flippers and the flukes are relatively small. They have projecting keels on dorsal and ventral ridges of the tail stock. The body color is demarcated distinctly into white and black. Dall’porpoises have 23-28 teeth in each upper jaw, and 22-26 each lower jaw. They inhabit in offshore waters. They also occur in coastal areas where it is deep. They are in pods of several porpoises. |
| Description |
| Stranding Record(s) in Japan |
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Marine Mammals Skull Database
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| Sex | F | Reproductive Condition | immature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | 180 | Locality | Off Abashiri, Hokkaido |
| Museum No. | - | Other No. | - |
