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A Mexican porpoise is facing extinction — almost by accident

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Public Radio International

Publication Date
2015-09-02

The world’s most endangered marine mammal is a small porpoise called the vaquita — Spanish for little cow. The vaquita has been under threat for years, but now the poaching of a rare fish may be driving the tiny Mexican porpoise to extinction.

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http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-09-01/mexican-porpoise-facing-extinction-almost-accident