What is Porpoise?
{{Taxobox | name = Porpoises | fossil_range = Mid [[Miocene]] to Recent | image = Porpoise touching.jpg | image_width = 225px | image_caption = ''Phocoena phocoena'', [[Harbour porpoise]] at the Fjord & Bæltcentret in Denmark | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammalia]] | ordo = [[Cetacea]] | subordo = [[Odontoceti]] | familia = '''Phocoenidae''' | familia_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825 }} '''Porpoises''' are [[mammal]]s that live in the [[ocean]]. They are in the order ''[[Cetacea]]''. They form the family '''''Phocoenidae'''''. There are six [[species]] of porpoise. The porpoise is a common whale found along Chinese coasts. Porpoises have been effectively sustained for over twenty-five years by research and teaching institutions such as Fjored & Baelt in Denmark. To demonstrate effective supervision and stimulation in captivity, F&B harbor porpoises participate in daily training sessions for scientific study and educational awareness. <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wahlberg|first=Magnus|last2=Amundin|first2=Mats|last3=Anderson Hansen|first3=Kirstin|last4=Andersen|first4=Søren Hechmann|last5=Blanchet|first5=Marie-Anne|last6=Brando|first6=Sabrina|last7=Buhl|first7=Andreas Brogaard|last8=Desportes|first8=Geneviève|last9=Hansen|first9=Sabina Fobian|last10=Lockyer|first10=Christina|last11=Miller|first11=Lee A.|date=2023-01-15|title=Purposeful Porpoise Training at Fjord&Bælt: The First 25 Years|url=https://www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/article/vol-49-iss-1-wahlberg/|journal=Aquatic Mammals|volume=49|issue=1|pages=104–116|doi=10.1578/AM.49.1.2023.104}}</ref> == Taxonomy == * Family ''Phocoenidae'': ** [[Finless porpoise]] (''Neophocaena phocaenoides'') ** [[Vaquita]] (''Phocoena sinus'') ** [[Harbour porpoise]] (''Phocoena phocoena'') ** [[Burmeister's porpoise]] (''Phocoena spinipinnis'') ** [[Spectacled porpoise]] (''Phocoena dioptrica'') ** [[Dall's porpoise]] (''Phocoenoides dalli'') == Appearance == Porpoises look much like [[dolphin]]s, but they are different in some ways: