is known about the reproduction of the spectacled porpoise. In the Tierra del Fuego region, studies estimate that young porpoises are born at 100 cm long in late spring or summer (November to February). No information is available on gestation, lactation, or inter-birth intervals.

Taxonomy

The species was named by the French-born Argentinian zoologist Fernando Lahille in 1912 for its two distinctive black eye patches, with the latin dioptrica meaning 'spectacled'. In Spanish, the spectacled

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