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National Natural Monument
Mammals
Narrow-ridged Finless Porpoise
Neophocaena asiaeorientalis
The Narrow-ridged Finless Porpoise is a small cetacean with a round head and no dorsal fin, under two meters in length. It favors bays and shallow seas and swims slowly in small groups. The Seto Inland Sea is a major habitat in Japan, and waters in Hiroshima where it travels are designated a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Neophocaena asiaeorientalis
- Group
- Mammals
- Prefectures
- Hiroshima
- 日本語
- スナメリ
- 简体中文
- 东亚江豚
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The Narrow-ridged Finless Porpoise is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Hiroshima.
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