Order Cetacea Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 723 743 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Phocoena sinus Norris and McFarland 1958 Phocoena sinus Norris and McFarland 1958 , J. Mammal., 39: 22 . Type Locality: "from the northeast shore of Punta San Felipe, Baja California Norte, Gulf of California, Mexico ". Vernacular Names: Vaquita . Distribution: North Pacific: warm-temperate waters; northern Gulf of California ( Mexico ); erroneously reported from the S Gulf of California, including Tres Marías Isls and N Jalisco ( Brownell, 1986 ). Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered. Discussion: Reviewed by Brownell (1983, Mammalian Species, 198).