Successful Breeding of the First Yangtze Finless Porpoise in Captivity

AYangtze finless porpoise was born on July 5 at the CAS Institute of Hydro- biology (IHB) in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province. This is the world’s first successful breeding of such an animal in an artificial environment. The feat will contribute to the ex situ conserva- tion of this endangered species. Th e fi n l es s p or p o i s e (Neophocaena phocaenoides) is one of the smallest cetaceans in the world. They have three distinct subspecies, and the Yangtze finless po…