Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Blainville, H. de (1838). Sur les cachalots. Ann. fr. étrang. Anat. Physiol. 2:335—337.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Mammalia: order
Cetacea: family
Kogiidae: genus
Kogia: species
Kogia breviceps

Name

Synonyms: Cogia breviceps Benham, 1901; Euphisetes pottsi Tomilin, 1957; Euphysetes grayii Wall, 1851; Euphysetes macleayi Gill, 1871; Euphysetes macleayi Krefft, 1866; Euphysetes pottsi Haast, 1874; Kogia brevirostris Gray, 1865; Kogia floweri Gill, 1871; Kogia goodei True, 1884; Kogia goodie True, 1884; Kogia grayii (MacLeay, 1851); Kogia grayii (Wall, 1851); Kogia greyi Trouessart, 1898; Kogia macleayi Gill, 1871; Physeter breviceps Blainville, 1838
Homonyms: Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838)
Common names: Cachalot pygmée in French; Cachalot pygmée in French; Cachalote cabeza chica in Spanish; Cachalote pigmeo in Spanish; Cachalote pigmeo in Spanish; Cachalote pigmeo in Spanish; Cachalote pigmeo in language.; Cachalote pigmeo in Spanish; Cachalote-pigmeu in Portuguese; Catxalot pigmeu in Catalan–Valencian; Cogia di Blainville in Italian; Kaszalot mały in Polish; Kis ámbráscet in Hungarian; Lesser Cachalot in English; Lesser Cachalot in English; Lesser Sperm Whale in English; Lesser Sperm Whale in English; Morfilod Sberm Lleiaf in Welsh; Petit Cachalot in French; Pigmy Sperm Whale in English; Pigmy Sperm Whale in English; Pygmy Sperm Whale in English; Pygmy Sperm Whale in English; Pygmy Sperm Whale in English; Pygmy Sperm Whale in English; Pygmy Sperm Whale in English; Pygmy Sperm Whale in English; Pygmy Sperm Whale in English; Pygmy sperm whale in language.; Pygméspermhval in Norwegian Bokmål; Romu pequenhu in language.; Short-headed Sperm Whale in English; Short-headed Sperm Whale in English; Zwergpottwal in German; Zwergpottwal in German; Zwergpottwal in German; Zwergpotwal in German; cachalot nain in French; cachalot pygmé in French; cachalot pygmé in French; cachalot pygmée in French; cachalote anão in Portuguese; cachalote nanu in language.; cachalote pigmeu in Portuguese; cogia di De Blainville in Italian; cüce ispermecet balinası in Turkish; cüce ispermeçet balinası in Turkish; dozya in language.; dverg-spermhval in Norwegian; dvärgkaskelot in Swedish

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