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Kogia Gray 1846
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Genus Kogia Gray, 1846
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.
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References
- Gray, J. E. (1846) The Zoology of the Foyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Fol. I. Mammalia, Birds. Reeve Brothers, London, 328 pp.
- Gill, T. (1871) The sperm whales, giant and pygmy. American Naturalist, 4, 725 - 743. https: // doi. org / 10.1086 / 270684
- May-Collado, L. & Agnarsson, I. (2006) Cytochrome b and Bayesian inference of whale phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 38, 344 - 354. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2005.09.019
- Mead, J. G. & Brownell Junior, R. L. (2005) Order Cetacea. In: Wilson D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (Eds.), Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3 rd Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 723 - 743.