Typically, this was used for small species, such as Pilot Whales, Belugas, Porpoises and Narwhals.

Various species of dolphins are kept in captivity and also several other small whale species such as Harbour Porpoises, Finless Porpoises and Belugas, though in those cases the word dolphinarium may not be fitting as these are not true dolphins.

Other frequently seen species include Minke Whales, Pacific White-sided Dolphins, Dall's Porpoises and Harbour Porpoises.

Porpoises have been known to live 8 – 10 years, although some have lived to be 20.

Porpoises, along with whales and dolphins, are descendants of land-living ungulates ( hoofed animals ) that first entered the oceans around 50 million years ago ( Mya ).

Porpoises have the highest known upper hearing limit, at around 160 kHz.

Porpoises (; also called mereswine ) are small cetaceans of the family Phocoenidae ; they are related to whales and dolphins.

Porpoises tend to be smaller but stouter than dolphins.

Porpoises are relatively r-selected compared with dolphins: that is, they bear young more quickly than dolphins.

Porpoises prey on fish, squid, and crustaceans.

Porpoises tend to be less acrobatic and more sexually agressive than dolphins.

Porpoises are rarely held in captivity in zoos or oceanaria, as they are generally not as capable of adapting to tank life or as easily trained as dolphins.

West of Sylt a breeding area of Harbour Porpoises is located.

Porpoises.

Larger than Porpoises, 2-3m depending on the type, black, with the rear edge of the fin curved back at the top unlike the straight edge of the Porpoise.

Cetaceans: The most abundant cetaceans include Orcas, Harbor and Dall's Porpoises.

* Dolphins, Whales and Porpoises: 2002-2010 Conservation Action Plan for the World's Cetaceans, Reeves, Smith, Crespo and Notarbartolo di Sciara.

* Whales Dolphins and Porpoises, Mark Carwardine.

Porpoises, K. S, Norris.

* Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises Carwardine, 1995.

Porpoises mate promiscuously.

Porpoises have a coastal distribution that potentially brings them close to sources of pollution.

Porpoises may not experience any toxic effects until they draw on their fat reserves, such as in periods of food shortage, migration or reproduction.

Most photographs of Burmeister's Porpoises are taken of dead specimens and show the animal to be coloured black.

# Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, Carwardine, 1995.

# Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises Carwardine, 1995.

* Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises Carwardine, 1995.

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