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Kogia Gray 1846

Description

Kogia Gray 1846

Kogia Gray 1846, Zool. Voy. H. M. S. "Erebus" and "Terror", Vol. 1: 22.

Type Species: Physeter breviceps Blainville 1838

Synonyms: Callignathus Gill 1871; Cogia Wallace 1876; Euphysetes Wall 1851.

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Kogia breviceps (Blainville 1838)

Species Kogia sima Owen 1866

Discussion: Reviewed by Handley (1966 c).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, pp. 723-743 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 737, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gray
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cetacea
Family
Physeteridae
Genus
Kogia
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Kogia Gray, 1846 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Gray, J. E. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. Pp. 13 - 53, in The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 (Sir J. Richardson and J. E. Gray, eds.) [1844 - 1875]. E. W. Janson, London, 2 vols.
  • Handley, C. O., Jr. 1966 c. A synopsis of the genus Kogia (pygmy sperm whales). Pp. 62 - 69, in Whales, dolphins, and porpoises (K. S. Norris, ed.). University of California Press, Berkeley, 789 pp.