Preferred Label : porpoises;
MeSH 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);
MeSH synonym : porpoise; phocoenidae;
MeSH hyponym : spectacled porpoise; dall porpoise; finless porpoise; Finless Porpoises; Porpoise, Finless; Porpoises, Finless; Neophocaena phocaenoides; Porpoise, Spectacled; Porpoises, Spectacled; Spectacled Porpoises; Australophocaena dioptrica; Porpoise, Dall; Phocoenoides dalli;
MeSH Related Number : txid34890; txid34892; txid9744;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porpoise;
UNII : txid9740;
Origin ID : D019576;
UMLS CUI : C0032713;
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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)
