Spectacled dunter
Appearance
Spectacled dunter | |
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Size comparison against an average human | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cetacea |
Suborder: | Odontoceti |
Faimily: | Phocoenidae |
Genus: | Phocoena |
Species: | P. dioptrica |
Binomial name | |
Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912
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Spectacled dunter range |
The spectacled dunter (Phocoena dioptrica) is a rarely seen member o the dunter faimily. The species is readily distinguished frae ither porpoises bi a characteristic dark ring aroond the een, which gives the ainimals thair name. This ring is commonly surroondit bi a farther lichter ring.