Kogia breviceps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Odontoceti
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Cladus: Cetaceamorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Odontoceti

Familia: Kogiidae
Subfamiliae: Kogiinae
Genus: Kogia
Species: Kogia breviceps

Name

Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838)

Type locality "Cap de Bonne-Espérance", Cape Province, South Africa.

Synonymy

Physeter breviceps (protonym)
Euphysetes grayii Wall, 1851
Euphysetes macleayi Krefft, 1866
Kogia floweri Gill, 1871
Euphysetes pottsii Haast, 1873
Kogia goodie True, 1884

References

de Blainville, H.M.D. 1838. Sur les cachalots. Annales Francaises et Étrangères d’Anatomie et de Physiologie 2: 337, pl.10.

Bloodworth, B.E.; Odell, D.K. 2008: Kogia breviceps (Cetacea: Kogiidae). Mammalian species, 819: 1–12. DOI: 10.1644/819.1
Kogia breviceps in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.

Links

Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Kogia breviceps

Vernacular names

català: Catxalot pigmeu
Deutsch: Zwergpottwal
English: Pygmy Sperm Whale
español: Cachalote pigmeo
suomi: Pikkukaskelotti
français: Cachalot pygmée
galego: Cachalote pigmeo
magyar: Kis ámbráscet
日本語: コマッコウ
português: Cachalote-pigmeu
ไทย: วาฬสเปิร์มเล็ก
Türkçe: Pigme ispermeçet balinası
中文: 小抹香鲸

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