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  • Can Mexico’s Vaquita Porpoise Survive?

    Can Mexico’s Vaquita Porpoise Survive?

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    by Allan Wall, Mexico News Report, ©2024 (Mar. 4, 2024) — [Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story is here.] The vaquita, scientific name Phocoena sinus, is a type of porpoise which is endemic to Mexico. The vaquita lives in the northern part of the Sea of Cortes (pictured on the right), also called…