Relationships towards this taxonGenus group namesKogia | Gray, 1846 | accepted genus name |
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(-) Czech: vorvaň malý Dutch: dwergpotfisch; dwergpotvis; dwergpotvisch English: lesser cachalot; lesser sperm whale; pygmy sperm whale; short-headed sperm whale; small sperm whale sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) English-United States: Pygmy Sperm Whale sources: Charles Hussey Euskera: katxalote pigmeoa French: cachalot pygmé; cachalot pygmée German: Zwergpottwal; Zwergpotwal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Greek: Πυγμαίος φυσητήρας sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Indonesian: paus lodan kecil jumba Italian: cogia di De Blainville sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Japanese: komakko; marugashira-komakko; tsunabi; uki kujira; zaru kaburi Korean: kkoma-hyang-gorae Lithuanian: nykštukinis kašalotas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Norwegian: dverg-spermhval Polish: kogia krótkogłowa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Portuguese: cachalote anão; cachalote pigmeu Russian: karlikovyi kashalot; malyi kashalot; кашалот карликовый sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Slovenian: mali glavač sources: Davorin Tome Spanish, Castillian: cachalote pigmeo sources: ITIS database Swedish: dvärgkaskelot sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Telugu: wongu Turkish: cüce ispermeçet balinası sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Ukrainian: Карликовий кашалот; Кашалот карликовий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points Welsh: morfil sberm lleiaf Literatureoriginal description | Blainville, H. de (1838). Sur les cachalots. Ann. fr. étrang. Anat. Physiol. 2:335—337. | 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. | additional source | Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4. | additional source | Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. | additional source | King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. | additional source | Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. | additional source | IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | additional source | Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam. | additional source | Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. | additional source | Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p. | additional source | Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p. |
 
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TaxonomyWoRMS
External LinksBiodiversity Heritage Library (178 publications) Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) Marine Life Information Network - UK GenBank (190 nucleotides; 119 proteins) GBIF
CitationPerrin, W. (2014). Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838). In: Perrin, W.F. (2014) World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137113Image
Occurrence
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Environment    marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial
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