What type of animal is a porpoise?
Porpoises are a group of aquatic mammals that are similar to dolphins.
Fun Porpoise Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? Benthic fish and pelagic fish
What do they eat? Carnivores
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 119-490 lb (54-220 kg)
How long are they? 55-90 in (140-230 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Black and dark gray
Skin Type Smooth and rubbery with few hair follicles
What were their main threats? Dolphins, Overfishing And Gill Nets
What is their conservation status? Least Concern to Near Threatened
Where you’ll find them? Temperate Coastal Waters
Locations North America And Asia
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Neophocaena, Phocoena and Phocoenoides
Class Mammalia
Family Phocoenidae
Fun Porpoise Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? Benthic fish and pelagic fish
What do they eat? Carnivores
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 119-490 lb (54-220 kg)
How long are they? 55-90 in (140-230 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Black and dark gray
Skin Type Smooth and rubbery with few hair follicles
What were their main threats? Dolphins, Overfishing And Gill Nets
What is their conservation status? Least Concern to Near Threatened
Where you’ll find them? Temperate Coastal Waters
Locations North America And Asia
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Neophocaena, Phocoena and Phocoenoides
Class Mammalia
Family Phocoenidae
Fun Porpoise Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? Benthic fish and pelagic fish
What do they eat? Carnivores
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 119-490 lb (54-220 kg)
How long are they? 55-90 in (140-230 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Black and dark gray
Skin Type Smooth and rubbery with few hair follicles
What were their main threats? Dolphins, Overfishing And Gill Nets
What is their conservation status? Least Concern to Near Threatened
Where you’ll find them? Temperate Coastal Waters
Locations North America And Asia
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Neophocaena, Phocoena and Phocoenoides
Class Mammalia
Family Phocoenidae
Fun Porpoise Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? Benthic fish and pelagic fish
What do they eat? Carnivores
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 119-490 lb (54-220 kg)
How long are they? 55-90 in (140-230 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Black and dark gray
Skin Type Smooth and rubbery with few hair follicles
What were their main threats? Dolphins, Overfishing And Gill Nets
What is their conservation status? Least Concern to Near Threatened
Where you’ll find them? Temperate Coastal Waters
Locations North America And Asia
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Neophocaena, Phocoena and Phocoenoides
Class Mammalia
Family Phocoenidae
What do they prey on? Benthic fish and pelagic fish
What do they eat? Carnivores
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 119-490 lb (54-220 kg)
How long are they? 55-90 in (140-230 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Black and dark gray
Skin Type Smooth and rubbery with few hair follicles
What were their main threats? Dolphins, Overfishing And Gill Nets
What is their conservation status? Least Concern to Near Threatened
Where you’ll find them? Temperate Coastal Waters
Locations North America And Asia
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Neophocaena, Phocoena and Phocoenoides
Class Mammalia
Family Phocoenidae
What do they prey on? Benthic fish and pelagic fish
What do they eat? Carnivores
Average litter size? 1
How much do they weigh? 119-490 lb (54-220 kg)
How long are they? 55-90 in (140-230 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Black and dark gray
Skin Type Smooth and rubbery with few hair follicles
What were their main threats? Dolphins, Overfishing And Gill Nets
What is their conservation status? Least Concern to Near Threatened
What do they prey on?
Benthic fish and pelagic fish
What do they eat?
Carnivores
Average litter size?
1
How much do they weigh?
119-490 lb (54-220 kg)
How long are they?
55-90 in (140-230 cm)
How tall are they?
N/A
What do they look like?
Black and dark gray
Skin Type
Smooth and rubbery with few hair follicles
What were their main threats?
Dolphins, Overfishing And Gill Nets
What is their conservation status?
Least Concern to Near Threatened
Where you’ll find them? Temperate Coastal Waters
Locations North America And Asia
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Neophocaena, Phocoena and Phocoenoides
Class Mammalia
Family Phocoenidae
Where you’ll find them?
Temperate Coastal Waters
Locations
North America And Asia
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Neophocaena, Phocoena and Phocoenoides
Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Neophocaena, Phocoena and Phocoenoides
Class Mammalia
Family Phocoenidae
