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).
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