The vaquita is classified as Phocoena sinus and is a member of the Phocoenidae family in the class Mammalia. The genus Phocoena consists of four species of porpoise, including the Burmeister’s ...

The population of vaquitas (Phocoena sinus) numbered around 600 in the 1990s, according to the Porpoise Conservation Society, ...

In 1997, about 570 vaquita porpoises (Phocoena sinus) were estimated to occur in the world. Now, only about 60 vaquitas remain, in a small 1,500 square-mile area in northern Gulf of California ...

The scientific name Phocoena is from the Latin word “porpoise” or “pig fish.” Sinus means “cavity,” a reference to the Gulf of California. Put together, Phocoena sinus is the “porpoise of the Gulf of ...

The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is treacherously close to extinction, but the population could rebound without genetic problems related to inbreeding, according to researchers who recently studied ...

The vaquita (Phocoena sinus), famous for being the world’s smallest porpoise, has dwindled to around just 10 specimens in recent years, the result of getting caught in gillnets targeting totoaba ...

The vaquita, or Phocoena sinus, lives in the Gulf of California, off the coast of Mexico. The animals have winsome faces with a distinctive look. [See Images of the Elusive Vaquita Porpoise ...

Alfokrads via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is the world's most endangered marine mammal species. Considered a national treasure in Mexico, where it's found in ...

Individuals may be lost, but variation helps protect whole populations from being wiped out in one fell swoop. Enter the vaquita (Phocoena sinus): the world’s smallest cetacean. These happy-looking ...

The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is found only in Mexico’s Gulf of California, where there are just 30 of them left. On April 3, the Mexican government announced that it would give US$3 million to ...