The vaquita appear to live only in the northern part of the Gulf of California in Mexico as seen in the map above. Their range is the marine cetacean. They seem to live in warm waters.
Predators + Enemies
Predators and enemies of the vaquita are large sharks and killer whales, and Orcinus orca.
Defense Mechanisms
The vaquita swims away from everything they see or hear that looks scary. They even swim away from a boat that is 25 yds away.
Threats
They die from fish nets and illegal nets for endangered animals that live in the water. The fishing gear is meant to hunt for sharks, rays, chaco, and mackerel.They also die from shrimp crawlers. 30 vaquitas are killed from this each year. They also can die from their climate change since they live in such a small area.