| East Asian finless porpoise | |
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| At Miyajima Public Aquarium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Phocoenidae |
| Genus: | Neophocaena |
| Species: | N. sunameri
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| Binomial name | |
| Neophocaena sunameri Pilleri & Gihr, 1975
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The East Asian finless porpoise (Neophocaena sunameri) is a species of porpoise native to the East China Sea, Yellow Sea, and the seas around Japan. The Yangtze finless porpoise (N. asiaeorientalis) was formerly considered a subspecies but is now thought to be a distinct species.[2]
- ^ Wang, J.Y. & Reeves, R.. (2017). "Neophocaena asiaeorientalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T41754A50381766. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T41754A50381766.en. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-08-28.