The East Asian finless porpoise (Neophocaena sunameri) is a species of porpoise native to the East China Sea, Yellow Sea, and the seas around Japan. The Yangtze finless porpoise (N. asiaeorientalis) was formerly considered a subspecies but is now thought to be a distinct species.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of East Asian finless porpoise being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Neophocaena phocaenoides
- Phocoena spinipinnis
- Phocoena phocoena
- Pontoporia blainvillei
- Kogia sima
- Kogia breviceps
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Phocoenidae
- Genus
- Neophocaena
- Species
- Neophocaena sunameri
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