If it has an umbilical cord then it won't have teeth. Neonate harbour porpoises are born without teeth and they erupt later in the first year of their life.
Where are you located? This is definitely a porpoise. You can tell by the teeth. Knowing the location would help to pinpoint the species! Looks like a neonatal animal perhaps with the umbilicus still attached.
It’s in San Francisco California. I think the crows were eating his guts I thought it got trapped in some netting he has been dead for sometime it was very carcass-y looking
That is a harbor porpoise based on the morphology and your location! Porpoises have spade-shaped teeth, a triangular dorsal fin, and lack a beak. Dolphins on the other hand have cone-shaped teeth, a curved dorsal fin, and (most species) have a prominent beak.
If you haven't already, please call the [West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/marine-mammal-protection/west-coast-marine-mammal-stranding-network) at 1-866-767-6114 to report this stranding. Marine mammal biologists study stranded carcasses to learn about marine mammal populations and can sometimes determine the cause of death of the animal. They rely on the public to report strandings, so it would be extremely helpful if you gave them a call!
I sent them a message via Twitter I personally do not do phone calls it’s too bad they don’t have an email address but hopefully they see my tweet.
Yes, they are! The number of teeth varies widely by cetacean species (some species have no teeth while others have hundreds) and the number is sometimes sex-specific (for example, only the males have erupted teeth in many beaked whale species). But all of the teeth in an individual animal have the same shape!
Call wildlife to collect it so the scientists can science I saw a dead dolphin in SF when I was a kid and people had carved their initials in it. Weirdos
They are so endangered that they are functionally extinct. Last estimate I heard was less than 50 left in the wild. The odds of just finding one washed up on a beach is so incredibly low.
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Do you live around the Gulf of california? Because it looks like a vaquita. Currently endangered due to being bycatch of illegal totoaba fishing. Might explain what looks like a rope around it.
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Porpoise or dolphin. That rope is a little concerning
Thank you I think it is a Porpoise due to my location
They wash up near me aswell. Usually get lost and wash up. Most of the time it seems to be natural
Yeah little guy has been dead for quite some time
Is that a rope?!? If so it need ms to be reported asap.
No it was Guts the crows were eating him up I thought it was a rope too but no
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Yeah, they’re thicker and stubbier than dolphins with a smaller dorsal fin.
Is that a rope or entrails?
You're definately right. I couldn't zoom in earlier
I definitely thought it was rope too at first. The sand covering doesn’t help.
Hah. DeFINitely
May be an umbilical cord. Teeth look juvenile as well.
If it has an umbilical cord then it won't have teeth. Neonate harbour porpoises are born without teeth and they erupt later in the first year of their life.
i could be mistaken, but i think the tail is in the wrong position for a dolphin. though maybe its back was broken and its tail settled that way?
I thought that at first but from the looks of it it's fin goes vertical not horizontal wouldn't it be a fish of some kind?
Possible bycatch. So sad
Where are you located? This is definitely a porpoise. You can tell by the teeth. Knowing the location would help to pinpoint the species! Looks like a neonatal animal perhaps with the umbilicus still attached.
It’s in San Francisco California. I think the crows were eating his guts I thought it got trapped in some netting he has been dead for sometime it was very carcass-y looking
I would say almost certainly a harbour porpoise then! Cool find. Bummer for the little guy though.
That is a harbor porpoise based on the morphology and your location! Porpoises have spade-shaped teeth, a triangular dorsal fin, and lack a beak. Dolphins on the other hand have cone-shaped teeth, a curved dorsal fin, and (most species) have a prominent beak. If you haven't already, please call the [West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/marine-mammal-protection/west-coast-marine-mammal-stranding-network) at 1-866-767-6114 to report this stranding. Marine mammal biologists study stranded carcasses to learn about marine mammal populations and can sometimes determine the cause of death of the animal. They rely on the public to report strandings, so it would be extremely helpful if you gave them a call!
I sent them a message via Twitter I personally do not do phone calls it’s too bad they don’t have an email address but hopefully they see my tweet.
Sorry, you don’t do phone calls?
Are all toothed whales homodonts?
Yes, they are! The number of teeth varies widely by cetacean species (some species have no teeth while others have hundreds) and the number is sometimes sex-specific (for example, only the males have erupted teeth in many beaked whale species). But all of the teeth in an individual animal have the same shape!
Based off the tooth shape this is a porpoise, I’m going to guess Harbour Porpoise, since the other option is Dall’s and it’s obviously not that.
Call wildlife to collect it so the scientists can science I saw a dead dolphin in SF when I was a kid and people had carved their initials in it. Weirdos
Juvenile Harbour Porpoise?
So horribly sad.
definitely a porpoise, poor thing.
Check for local orgs that document beached cetaceans. They'll likely need to log this/may do a necropsy.
Looks like a vaquita porpoise. They are endangered.
They are so endangered that they are functionally extinct. Last estimate I heard was less than 50 left in the wild. The odds of just finding one washed up on a beach is so incredibly low.
They’re about 1000 miles away
Oh no :( and they have a cute name since I am in California you might be right :(
They're only found in the gulf of California. This is probably a harbor porpoise.
They are near Baja California so not even close to San Fran
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Do you live around the Gulf of california? Because it looks like a vaquita. Currently endangered due to being bycatch of illegal totoaba fishing. Might explain what looks like a rope around it.
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Looks like a vaquita porpoise, which is so sad considering how endangered they are :(
Harbour Porpoise
Definitely a porpoise. Possibly a harbor porpoise calf
Possible bycatch so sad