Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis

The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is a species of mammal in the family Phocoenidae. It is the only remaining cetacean species in the Yangtze River, China following the possible extinction of the baiji (Lipotes vexillifer).[1] However the population decrease is accelerating due to lack of food, pollution and ship movement and has a high chance (86.06%) of being extinct within the next 100 years.[2]

Yangtze finless porpoise

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Phocoenidae
Genus: Neophocaena
Species:
N. asiaeorientalis
Subspecies:
N. a. asiaeorientalis
Trinomial name
Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis
Yangtze Finless Porpoise Distribution

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