Vaquita Field Sketch Framed Art Print

Decorate your walls with the rarest kind of heartbreak: a hand-drawn tribute to the vaquita (Phocoena sinus), the world’s most endangered marine mammal. It’s like hanging a ghost—but cuter.

Why It’s Tragically Perfect

This field sketch–style illustration captures the vaquita’s gentle, wide-eyed charm with just enough melancholy to match your eco-anxiety. Available in four sizes (8x10, 9x12, 11x14, 12x16) and three frame colors (white, black, espresso), it’s the perfect way to say “I care deeply, but I also laugh in the face of extinction.” A portion of every purchase supports nonprofits working to save endangered species—because the vaquita deserves more than a Wikipedia footnote.

Endangered Stats 🐬

• Critically Endangered – Fewer than 10 individuals remain in the wild. Yes, you read that right.
• Native to the northern Gulf of California – Found only in one small region of Mexico, where illegal fishing practices have decimated their population.
• Victim of bycatch – Vaquitas often get trapped in gillnets meant for totoaba fish, whose swim bladders are sold on the black market.
• Smallest cetacean – At just ~5 feet long, they’re basically the pocket-sized porpoise of your dreams… if your dreams include existential dread.

Perfect For

• Ocean lovers with a dark sense of humor and a soft spot for vanishing species
• Conservationists, marine biologists, and anyone who’s ever cried over a nature documentary
• Guilt-ridden gift givers who want their presents to mean something
• People who believe art should make you feel something—even if that something is “rage against the gillnet”

Frame the myth. Hang the heartbreak. Help keep the vaquita from becoming a cautionary tale with flippers.