Vaquita
Phocoena sinus
The vaquita is a small porpoise found only in the shallow, murky waters of Mexico's northern Gulf of California. It usually travels alone or in very small groups and uses echolocation clicks to navigate and locate prey. Its diet includes small fish, squid, and crustaceans caught near the seafloor. It is the world's rarest marine mammal and is critically endangered, chiefly because of accidental entanglement in gillnets.
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- Water / Cry
- Conservation status
- CR
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- Vaquita