Kogia breviceps (Blainville 1838)

[Physeter] breviceps Blainville 1838, Ann. Franc. Etr. Anat. Phys., 2: 337.

Type Locality: South Africa, Western Cape Prov., "rapportée des mers du cap de Bonne-Espérance" (= Cape of Good Hope).

Vernacular Names: Pygmy Sperm Whale.

Synonyms: Kogia floweri Gill 1871; Kogia goodei True 1884; Kogia grayii (Wall 1851) .

Distribution: Worldwide: temperate to tropical waters.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Caldwell and Caldwell (1989).