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title: "Neophocaena asiaorientalis"
description: "Neophocaena asiaeorientalis — Ssaki. The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) is a species of toothed whale in the family Phocoenidae, the porpoise family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/yangtze-finless-porpoise
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Neophocaena asiaorientalis

> Neophocaena asiaeorientalis — Ssaki. The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) is a species of toothed whale in the family Phocoenidae, the porpoise family.

- Scientific name: *Neophocaena asiaeorientalis*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 91
- Wikidata: [Q22286308](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22286308)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120902](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120902)

## Names

- en: Yangtze Finless Porpoise
- de: Östlicher Glattschweinswal
- es: Marsopa sin aleta de cresta estrecha
- fr: Marsouin sans nageoires
- it: Neophocaena asiaorientalis
- nl: Neophocaena asiaorientalis
- pl: Neophocaena asiaorientalis

## Countries with the most observations

CN (83)

## Summary

The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) is a species of toothed whale in the family Phocoenidae, the porpoise family. It is endemic to the Yangtze River in China, making it the country's only known freshwater cetacean following the possible extinction of the baiji (Lipotes vexillifer), a freshwater dolphin also native to the Yangtze. The Yangtze finless porpoise is considered critically endangered and it is estimated that only about 1,426 remain as of 2026. This small toothed whale faces many of the same threats as the baiji: high human activity on the Yangtze, such as illegal fishing, pollution…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtze_finless_porpoise

## Photo

![Neophocaena asiaorientalis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yangtze-finless-porpoise/medium.jpg)

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37552499

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yangtze-finless-porpoise?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).