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--> GENUS Kogia
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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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
floweri Gill, 1871 goodei True, 1884 grayii (Wall, 1851)
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