Vaquita: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the vaquita lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Phocoena sinus
Group	Whales & dolphins
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Phocoenidae

Where does the vaquita live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the vaquita in 1 country or territory across North America.

Mexico

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the vaquita endangered?

The vaquita’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the vaquita?

The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Phocoenidae, genus Phocoena. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the vaquita

The vaquita ( və-KEE-tə; Phocoena sinus) is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico. Reaching a maximum body length of 150 cm (4.9 ft) (females) or 140 cm (4.6 ft) (males), it is the smallest of all living cetaceans. The species is currently on the brink of extinction, and is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List; the steep decline in abundance is primarily due to bycatch in gillnets from the illegal totoaba fishery.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Vaquita (revision 1380399584), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q725493 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).