A shortfin mako shark circling a finless porpoise with damaged caudal fin [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionResearch on predator–prey interactions between sharks and cetaceans remain limited. Here, we report on a video of a shortfin mako shark circling a finless porpoise with a damaged caudal fin in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan.
Taro Okamura +3 more
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Genome Sequence of the Freshwater Yangtze Finless Porpoise [PDF]
Genes, 2018 The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis ssp. asiaeorientalis) is a subspecies of the narrow-ridged finless porpoise (N. asiaeorientalis). In total, 714.28 gigabases (Gb) of raw reads were generated by whole-genome sequencing of the Yangtze finless porpoise, using an Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform.
, Yuan Yuan, Jinsong Zheng
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Complete Mitochondrial Genome Analysis Reveals Genetic Diversity in the Narrow–Ridged Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) Across East Asian Waters [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe narrow‐ridged finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis Pilleri & Gihr 1972) is one of the most endangered cetacean species inhabiting East Asian waters.
Sunmin Kim +7 more
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Spatiotemporal variations and driving factors of fine-scale habitat use by the Yangtze finless porpoise population in the Yangtze River [PDF]
BMC ZoologyBackground The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is critically endangered and has suffered from extensive habitat loss and fragmentation.
Ping Zhang +4 more
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Increased Yangtze finless porpoise presence in urban Wuhan waters of the Yangtze River during fishing closures [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionWuhan, a highly urbanized and rapidly growing region within China's Yangtze Economic Zone, has historically been identified as a gap area for the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) based on ...
Zhi‐Tao Wang +4 more
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Pregnancy diagnosis and fetal monitoring in Yangtze finless porpoises
Endangered Species Research, 2022 The Yangtze finless porpoise Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis is a Critically Endangered species endemic to the Yangtze River and connecting lakes.
X Zeng +8 more
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Novel Gammaherpesvirus Infections in Narrow-Ridged Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) and False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) in the Republic of Korea [PDF]
VirusesA female narrow-ridged finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) stranded on a beach on Jeju Island showed epithelial proliferative skin lesions on its body.
Sung Bin Lee +14 more
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Temporal and spatial biosonar activity of the recently established uppermost Yangtze finless porpoise population downstream of the Gezhouba Dam: Correlation with hydropower cascade development, shipping, hydrological regime, and light intensity [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionNumerous dams disrupt freshwater animals. The uppermost population of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise has been newly formed below the Gezhouba Dam, however, information regarding the local porpoise is scarce.
Zhi‐Tao Wang +4 more
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Genome-Wide Development and Validation of KASP-Based SNP Markers in Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis [PDF]
AnimalsThe Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is the only extant freshwater cetacean species inhabiting the Yangtze River in China.
Denghua Yin +8 more
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Population-Level Laterality In Foraging Finless Porpoises [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Abstract Laterality has been reported in many vertebrates, and asymmetrical cerebral hemisphere function has been hypothesized to cause a left-bias in social behavior and a right-bias in feeding behavior. In this paper, we provide the first report of behavioral laterality in free-ranging finless porpoises, which seemingly supports the ...
Masao Amano +4 more
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