Kogia
| Kogia Temporal range: Neogene-Holocene | |
|---|---|
| Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Kogiidae |
| Subfamily: | Kogiinae |
| Genus: | Kogia G.R. Gray, 1846 |
| Type species | |
| Physeter breviceps Blainville, 1838 | |
| Species | |
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Kogia is a genus of toothed whales within the superfamily Physeteroidea comprising two extant and two extinct species from the Neogene:
- Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps
- Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima
- †Kogia pusilla, Italy, Middle Pliocene
- †Kogia danomurai Pisco Formation, Peru, latest Miocene
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