English Dictionary

vaquita

名詞

A small and critically endangered porpoise, Phocoena sinus, endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico.

日本語の意味

メキシコのカリフォルニア湾北部に固有の、小型で絶滅危惧種のネズミイルカ（Phocoena sinus）。

Conservationists set up protected areas and strict fishing controls to save the vaquita from extinction.

保全活動家たちは、メキシコのカリフォルニア湾北部に固有である小さく絶滅危惧種のネズミイルカ（Phocoena sinus）を絶滅から救うために保護区の設定と厳しい漁業規制を行った。

意味（1）

A small and critically endangered porpoise, Phocoena sinus, endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico.

THE world’s smallest porpoise may have a fighting chance. The vaquita might be saved from extinction by an agreement at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Portoroz, Slovenia, last week. Unique to the Gulf of California, the vaquita has seen its numbers collapse to 59 in 2015.

vaquitas （ plural ）