Phocoenids are generally considered to be nonwhistling species that produce only high-frequency pulsed sounds. Here our results show that neonatal finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) frequently produce clear low-frequency (2–3kHz) pulsed signals, without distinct high-frequency energy, just after birth and can produce both low- (2–3kHz) and high-frequency (>100kHz) pulsed signals simultaneously until about 20days postnatal. The results indicate that low-frequency signals of neonatal finless porpoises are not an early form of high-frequency signals and suggest that low- and high-frequency signals may be produced by different sound production mechanisms.