Kogia Gray 1846
- Dataset
- Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cetacea
- family
- Kogiidae
- genus
- Kogia
discussion
Kogia is often treated as a distinct Family, Kogiidae Gill, 1871, but is retained in the same phylogenetic group as the sperm whale (Genus Physeter) based on cytochrome b analysis (May-Collado & Agnarsson 2006). We followed the taxonomy by Mead and Brownell (2005). Two species are recognized, and both have a worldwide distribution.
Name
- Homonyms
- Kogia Gray 1846
- Kogia