Kogia breviceps (Blainville 1838)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 737

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Kogia breviceps (Blainville 1838)
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Kogia breviceps (Blainville 1838)

[Physeter] breviceps Blainville 1838 , Ann. Franc. Etr. Anat. Phys., 2: 337.

Type Locality: South Africa, Western Cape Prov., "rapportée des mers du cap de Bonne-Espérance" (= Cape of Good Hope).

Vernacular Names: Pygmy Sperm Whale.

Synonyms: Kogia floweri Gill 1871 ; Kogia goodei True 1884 ; Kogia grayii (Wall 1851) .

Distribution: Worldwide: temperate to tropical waters.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Caldwell and Caldwell (1989).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Physeteridae

Genus

Kogia

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Kogia breviceps (Blainville 1838)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Physeter] breviceps

Blainville 1838: 337
1838
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