The vaquita, an icon of the Gulf of California, is swiftly dying out.
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The vaquita is a small porpoise which only lives in the Gulf of California.
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There are thought to be only between six and 20 of the vaquita porpoises left.
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The vaquita is a rare species of porpoise endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California.
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Mexico imposed a two-year ban on gillnet fishing in the vaquita's habitat in 2015, extending it earlier this year.
Ús de phocoena sinus en anglès
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The vaquita ( Phocoenasinus) is the smallest existing cetacean and the population has declined to barely 22 individuals now remaining in Mexico's Gulf of California.