| 1 | The baiji dolphin, the ancient river sturgeon and the finless porpoise depend on the Yangtze fortheir survival. | |
| 2 | The finless porpoise is an icon of an ecosystem under siege. | |
| 3 | Several measures may avert a similar fate for the Yangtze porpoise. | |
| 4 | The Yangtze finless porpoises in Tian-E-Zhou Oxbow Nature Reserve, near the town of Shishou, dare not approach; | |
| 5 | Genetic tests conducted in 2010 revealed the Yangtze population to be genetically different from other finless porpoises that live in coastal waters of the South China and Yellow seas. |