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Researchers are scanning the skeleton of the world’s most endangered marine animal, the vaquita, to aid conservation efforts.

(Photo courtesy of Jennifer Crespo) The vaquita, which means “little cow” in Spanish, is the world’s smallest porpoise and lives within 1,500 square miles of the northern Gulf of California.

The San Diego Natural History Museum and SeaWorld San Diego have partnered with researchers at the Florida Atlantic University to scan the skeleton of a rare endangered marine mammal, the vaquita.

According to a release from SeaWorld San Diego Tuesday, the vaquita — which means “little cow” in Spanish — is the world’s smallest porpoise and most endangered marine mammal.