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Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)

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Owen,[R.]. (1866). On some Indian Cetacea collected by Walter Elliot, Esq. Transactions of the Zoological Society, London 6(1);30, pl. 10--14.
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Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Callignathus simus Gill, 1871
Kogia simus (Owen, 1866)
Physeter simus Owen, 1866
Homonyms
Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)
Common names
Dwarf Sperm Whale in English
Dwarf Sperm Whale in English
Dwarf Sperm Whale in English
Dwarf sperm whale in language.
dwarf sperm whale in language.
dwarf sperm whale in English
侏儒抹香鯨 in Chinese
Dwarf Sperm Whale in English
Dwarf Sperm Whale in English
Kleinste potvis in Dutch
Cachalot nain in French
Cachalote Enano in Spanish
Dwarf Sperm Whale in English
Kleinstpottwal in German
cachalot nain in French
cachalote anao in Portuguese
cachalote anão in English
cachalote enano in Spanish
cüce ispermecet balinası in Turkish
dwarf sperm whale in English
dwergpotvis in Afrikaans
kleiner Zwergpottwal in German
kogia płaskonosa in Polish
malyi karlikovyi kashalot in Russian
mažasis nykštukinis kašalotas in Lithuanian
ogawa komakko kujira in Japanese
paus lodan kecil in Indonesian
plawan hua thui khrae in Thai
snub-nosed cachalot in English
soe-hyang-gorae in Korean
wonga in Telugu
Νάνος φυσητήρας in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Кашалот малий карликовий in Ukrainian
малый карликовый кашалот in Russian
オガワコマッコウ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. CUERVO DÍAZ A, JI HERNÁNDEZ-CAMACHO y A CADENA. 1986. Lista actualizada de los mamíferos de Colombia: anotaciones sobre su distribución. Caldasia 15:471-501. ref_scmas0303
  3. Culik, B. (2000). Convention on Migratory Species: Whales and Dolphins.
  4. Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259. 10.5479/si.03629236.246
  5. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  6. Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
  7. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  8. Maio, N.; Pollaro, F.; Gasparro, A.; Petraccioli, A.; Mezzasalma, M.; Guariglia, M.; Galiero, G.; Di Nocera, F.; Iaccarino, D.; Santoro, M.; Insacco, G.; Guarino, F. M. (2017). New record of Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima (Owen, 1866) from the Mediterranean Sea (Cetacea Kogiidae). <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 8(4): 947-950.
  9. Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743.
  10. Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743.
  11. Owen,[R.]. (1866). On some Indian Cetacea collected by Walter Elliot, Esq. Transactions of the Zoological Society, London 6(1);30, pl. 10--14.
  12. Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
  13. Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4.
  14. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  15. Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  16. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  17. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  18. Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
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