porpoise

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Their diet centered on smaller marine mammals including harbor seals and harbor porpoises, and they usually traveled and foraged in groups of about five.

From Science Daily

Roughly 6 million common dolphins inhabit tropical and temperate waters worldwide, making them the most numerous members of the cetacean family, which includes whales and porpoises.

From Science Daily

In 2019, Canada passed a bill making it illegal to hold a whale, dolphin or porpoise captive.

From BBC

They also reminded people that dolphins, whales and porpoises are protected by law.

From BBC

The goal now is to stop the Yangtze finless river porpoise - 1,200 of which remain in the wild, according to current estimates – from suffering the same fate.

From BBC