BREEDING

• Females reach sexual maturity between 3 and 6 years old, and will give birth roughly every 2 years.

• Vaquita will mate during April and May.

• They will have one calf which gestates for 10–11 months. Most vaquita calves are born in March and April.

• Vaquita calves are around 70 centrimetres long at birth, and weigh about 8 kilos.