Kogia breviceps ( Blainville, 1838 )

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 125

Kogia breviceps ( Blainville, 1838) —Pygmy Sperm Whale

Physeter breviceps Blainville, 1838 p.337 ; Type locality- Cape of Good Hope , South Africa.

Kogia floweri Gill, 1871 p.738 ; Type locality- Mazatlan , Sinaloa, Mexico.

K. breviceps: Kuroda, 1938 p.13 ; Kim et al., 2000 p.72; Kim, 2004 p.229.

Range: This species has a limited range in the East Sea ( Fig. 82 ). The South Korean Coast Guard chronicled the only record of this species as a by-catch at Pohang (central east coast) in 2003 (Pohang Coast Guard, unpublished data).

Remarks: Kogia breviceps is considered monotypic, but geographic variation within the species has not been assessed ( Chivers et al. 2005).

Figures

FIGURE 82. Range map of Kogia breviceps in Korea.