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--> ORDER CETACEA
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--> FAMILY Physeteridae
--> GENUS Kogia
SPECIES Kogia sima
Author: | Owen, 1866. | Citation: | Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., 6(1): 30, pls. 10-14. | Common Name: | Dwarf Sperm Whale | Type Locality: | India, Andhra Pradesh (= Madras Presidency), "taken at Waltair". | Distribution: | Worldwide: warm-temperate to tropical waters, occasionally strands in cold-temperate areas. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Reviewed by Nagorsen (1985, Mammalian Species, 239) and Caldwell and Caldwell (1989). The specific name simus. -a, -um is a Latin adjectival form and has to agree in gender with the generic name Kogia (Rice, 1998:84). |
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