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    Species Accepted

    Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838)

    Pigmy Sperm Whale

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      67 results
      Cachalote cabeza chica Spanish
      Cachalote pigmeo Spanish
      Cachalote-pigmeu Portuguese
      Catxalot pigmeu Catalan–Valencian
      Cogia di Blainville Italian
      Kaszalot mały Polish
      Kis ámbráscet Hungarian
      Morfilod Sberm Lleiaf Welsh
      Petit Cachalot French
      Pigmy Sperm Whale English

      Treatments

      6 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      17 results
      Bloodworth, Brian E., and Daniel K. Odell. (2008). Kogia breviceps (Cetacea: Kogiidae). Mammalian Species, No. 819.
      Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds. (1999). The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals.
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Davorin Tome
      Suomen Lajitietokeskus. https://laji.fi
      Gill, T. (1871) The sperm whales, giant and pygmy. American Naturalist, 4, 725 - 743. https: // doi. org / 10.1086 / 270684
      Ann. Franc. Etr. Anat. Phys. vol.2 p.337
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).
      Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds. (2018). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd Edition.
      Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. (2000). Common Names of Mammals of the World.

      Citation

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