Phocoena sinus Norris and McFarland 1958

Phocoena sinus Norris and McFarland 1958, J. Mammal., 39: 22.

Type Locality: "from the northeast shore of Punta San Felipe, Baja California Norte, Gulf of California, Mexico ".

Vernacular Names: Vaquita.

Distribution: North Pacific: warm-temperate waters; northern Gulf of California (Mexico); erroneously reported from the S Gulf of California, including Tres Marías Isls and N Jalisco (Brownell, 1986).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Reviewed by Brownell (1983, Mammalian Species, 198).