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Kogiidae Gill, 1871
AphiaID: 136982

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Checked by Taxonomic Editor

Rank

Family

Parent

Odontoceti

Synonymised
taxa

Koginae Gill, 1871 (synonym)

Sources

basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

additional source: Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names

Language	Name
English	pygmy and dwarf sperm whales	[details]

All child
taxa
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Genus Callignathula Strand, 1926 accepted as Kogia Gray, 1846
Genus Callignathus Gill, 1871 accepted as Kogia Gray, 1846

» Species Callignathus simus Gill, 1871 accepted as Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)

Genus Cogia Wallace, 1876 accepted as Kogia Gray, 1846

» Species Cogia breviceps Benham, 1901 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)

Genus Euphisetes Tomilin, 1957 accepted as Kogia Gray, 1846

» Species Euphisetes pottsi Tomilin, 1957 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)

Genus Euphysetes Wall, 1851 accepted as Kogia Gray, 1846

» Species Euphysetes grayii Wall, 1851 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
» Species Euphysetes macleayi Gill, 1871 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
» Species Euphysetes pottsi Haast, 1874 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)

Genus Gallignathus Tomilin, 1957 accepted as Kogia Gray, 1846
Subfamily Koginae Gill, 1871 accepted as Kogiidae Gill, 1871

Environment

marine

Link

To ITIS

Note

Description: The pygmy and dwarf sperm whales are much smaller than the sperm whale, and share only a slight resemblance to the great sperm whale. They have blunt, squarish heads, with underslung lower jaws (like their larger counterparts), but the head is much smaller than in the sperm whale, and the blowhole is not located at the front of the head as it is in the sperm whale. The skull structure is curious; it shares a basin-like facial area and great asymmetry with hte sperm whale, but is much shorter. The dorsal fin in both species is larger than that of the sperm whale. The biology of these animals is very poorly known. <123> [details]

LSID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136982

Taxonomic
Edit history

Date	action	by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z	created	van der Land, Jacob
2005-03-29 08:12:19Z	changed	Claus, Simon
2007-12-22 19:25:59Z	changed	Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z	checked	Perrin, William
2009-03-09 11:18:10Z	changed	Perrin, William
2009-03-11 12:36:54Z	changed	Perrin, William

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Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Kogiidae. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136982 on 2013-05-25

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