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Kogia breviceps

Pygmy sperm whale, Shellharbour_ P8270056_270809

Kogia breviceps

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Cetartiodactyla
Ordo: Cetacea
Subordo: Odontoceti
Infraordines: Physeterida
Superfamiliae: Physeteroidea
Familia: Kogiidae
Subfamiliae: Kogiinae
Genus: Kogia
Species: Kogia breviceps

Name

Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838)

Synonyms

* Physeter breviceps Blainville, 1838
o Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) Gray, 1846: 22
* Euphysetes grayii Wall, 1851
* Euphysetes macleayi Krefft, 1866
* Kogia floweri Gill, 1871
* Euphysetes pottsii Haast, 1873
* Kogia goodie True, 1884


References

* Bloodworth, B.E.; Odell, D.K. 2008: Kogia breviceps (Cetacea: Kogiidae). Mammalian species, 819: 1-12. doi: 10.1644/819.1
* Kogia breviceps on Mammal Species of the World.
Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
* Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214


Vernacular names
English: pygmy sperm whale
Galego: Cachalote pigmeo
日本語: コマッコウ
Türkçe: Pigme ispermeçet balinası

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