Gulf of California Harbor Porpoise / Vaquita / Cochito (Phocoena sinus)

	Did You Know? · The vaquita is one of the rarest marine mammals in the world. · The vaquita is found only in the Gulf of California in Mexico.

Status
ESA Endangered - throughout its range
MMPA Depleted - throughout its range

Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Phocoenidae
Genus: Phocoena
Species: sinus

Key Documents
(All documents are in PDF format.)

Title	Federal Register	Date
ESA Listing Rule	50 FR 1056	01/09/1985

More Information

• NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center Vaquita Case Studies of the Population Identity Program
• Marine Mammal Commission Vaquita Information
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Cochito Species Profile
• Scientists Fear Rare Dolphin Driven to Extinction by Human Activities, Other Species Also Vulnerable [pdf] (September 2007 Press Release)
• Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS-SEAMAP) Gulf of California Harbor Porpoise Species Profile