Kogia breviceps

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Physeteridae
Kogia
Kogia breviceps
Sperm whale
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11329831
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Summary: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). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, pp. 723-743 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 737, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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