The vaquita is the smallest porpoise species weighing less than the average human 13-year-old.

Minicat vaquita. As of 2020 researchers believe that there are still around 10 vaquita individuals left in the wild. It reaches a maximum length of 5 feet and weighs less than 120 lbs. The Vaquita phocoena Sinus or Gulf of California harbor porpoise is endemic to the upper Gulf of California Mexico.

The vaquita lives in shallow waters with depth of 500 feet or less. In a meeting today at the White House US President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto stepped up bilateral collaboration to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise of which fewer than 60 remain on the planet. Why is the vaquita.

Averaging 150 cm 49 ft females or 140 cm 46 ft males in length it is the smallest of all living cetaceansToday the species. No Olvides Activar La Campanita De NotificacionesSi Te Gusto El Video Dale LikeAyudanos a Compartir Nuestros VideosGRACIAS POR FORMAR PARTE DE ES. It is imperative that the Mexican government with.

Environmental groups are urging the US. FILE - In this July 8 2017 file photo papier-mache replicas of the critically endangered porpoise known as the vaquita marina are displayed on a blue plastic sheet in front of the National Palace during a World Wildlife Fund event calling on the Mexican government to take additional steps to protect the worlds smallest marine mammal in Mexico City. There are fewer than 20 vaquitas left alive.

Government and international organizations to use sanctions to pressure Mexico to protect a critically endangered porpoise that lives in Mexicos Sea of CortezWith as few as 10 vaquita marina left conservation groups are calling for bans on some Mexican seafood and wildlife exports to pressure the country to do more to protect the small porpoise. Vaquitas are easily. The endemic porpoise has experienced a rapid population decline over recent years due to entanglement in gillnets.

A Mexican governmental agency is considering reducing the protected area for endangered vaquita porpoises in the northern Gulf of California as their number there dwindles below an. The survival of the vaquita marina porpoise remains precarious writes Vanda Felbab-Brown. The Vaquita Refuge is a UNESCO-recognized region in the Upper Gulf of California that is home to the worlds most endangered marine mammal the vaquita.