First records of the Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Cetartiodactyla: Phocoenidae) from Sri Lanka

Thirty species of marine mammals have been recorded from Sri Lanka.  Amongst them the Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides is the only representative of the family Phocoenidae.  The only previous record from Sri Lanka was a specimen caught on the Wadge Bank by a Smithsonian Carangi...

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Main Authors: Ranil P. Nanayakkara, Thomas A. Jefferson, Sandaruwan Abayaratne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
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Online Access:https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1811