Kogia simus (Owen, 1866) . Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., 6(1):30, pls. 10-14.

TYPE LOCALITY: India, Andhra Pradesh (= Madras Presidency), "taken at Waitair" .

DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: warm-temperate to tropical waters, occasionally strands in coldtemperate areas.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Nagorsen (1985, Mammalian Species, 239) and Caldwell and Caldwell (1989).