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.
Ús de vaquita porpoise en anglès
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The snub-nosed vaquitaporpoise has all but died out due to gillnet fishing for shrimp and totoaba, a delicacy in Asia.
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There are thought to be only between six and 20 of the vaquitaporpoises left.
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Vaquitaporpoises - of which about 30 are left - get caught in the nets that poachers use for the fish.