Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) is a species of porpoise endemic to the coast of South America. It was first described by Hermann Burmeister, for whom the species is named, in 1865.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Burmeister's 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
- Neophocaena sunameri
- Kogia sima
- Kogia breviceps
- Mesoplodon grayi
- Phocoena phocoena
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Phocoenidae
- Genus
- Phocoena
- Species
- Phocoena spinipinnis
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