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Taxon: Genus Kogia Gray, 1846 - pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name Gray, 1846:22.
Original rank
Original spelling

Types

Type ofKogiinae (Subfamily) Gill, 1871
Type, by original designationKogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838)

Synonyms

Synonymous nameCallignathus (Genus) Gill, 1871 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous nameCogia (Genus) Butler, 1870 Ref: PBDB: 13 Nov 2021.
Synonymous nameEuphysetes (Genus) Wall, 1851 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namepygmy and dwarf sperm whales
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