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Spectacled dunter

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Spectacled dunter
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
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.