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Kogia breviceps
(de Blainville, 1838). Ann. Franc. Etr. Anat. Phys., 2:337.
©2002 (photo by
B. Stanley; USNM 504338)
ORDER—CETACEA
FAMILY—Kogiidae
COMMON NAME—Pygmy sperm whale.
DISTRIBUTION—Tropical to warm temperate zones of all oceans. This species has been sighted in Tanon Strait, and a skeleton was obtained from Pamilacan, Bohol (Dolar & Perrin, 1996; Dolar & Wood, 1993; Leatherwood et al., 1992).
HABITAT—Often found over and near the continental slope.
STATUS—Uncommon in the Philippines. CITES: Appendix II. IUCN: Insufficiently known (Klinowska, 1991).
©2002 (J. Howland)
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