Porpoises [sviňuchy]
topical
- Terms
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Australophocaena dioptrica
Neophocaena phocaenoides
Phocoenidae
Phocoenoides dalli
sviňucha běloploutvá
sviňucha hladkohřbetá
sviňucha jižní
sviňuchovití
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Australophocaena dioptrica
Dall Porpoise
Finless Porpoise
Neophocaena phocaenoides
Phocoenidae
Phocoenoides dalli
Spectacled Porpoise
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/D019576
Definition
Mammals of the family Phocoenidae comprising four genera found in the North Pacific Ocean and both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean and in various other seas. They differ from DOLPHINS in that porpoises have a blunt snout and a rather stocky body while dolphins have a beak-like snout and a slender, streamlined body. They usually travel in small groups. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, pp1003-4)
- DUI
- D019576 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0029066
- Previous indexing
- Cetacea (1966-1975); Dolphins (1967-1997)
- History note
- 98; use DOLPHINS 1968-97
- Public note
- 98; see DOLPHINS 1968-97
Allowable subheadings
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- classification
- EM
- embryology
- GE
- genetics
- GD
- growth & development
- IM
- immunology
- IN
- injuries
- ME
- metabolism
- MI
- microbiology
- PS
- parasitology
- PH
- physiology
- PX
- psychology
- SU
- surgery
- UR
- urine
- VI
- virology
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Occurrences in Medvik records