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SPECIES Kogia breviceps

Author:Blainville, 1838.
Citation:Ann. Franc. Etr. Anat. Phys., 2: 337.
Common Name:Pygmy Sperm Whale
Type Locality:South Africa, Western Cape Prov., "rapportée des mers du cap de Bonne-Espérance" (= Cape of Good Hope).
Distribution:Worldwide: temperate to tropical waters.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Reviewed by Caldwell and Caldwell (1989).
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Synonyms:

    floweri Gill, 1871
    goodei True, 1884
    grayii (Wall, 1851)

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