Pygmy sperm whale

Pygmy sperm whale
	Individual washed ashore on Hutchinson Island, Florida
	Size compared to an average human
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Kogiidae
Genus:	Kogia
Species:	K. breviceps
Binomial name
	Kogia breviceps; (Blainville, 1838)
	Pygmy sperm whale range
Synonyms
	Physeter breviceps

The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) is one of two extant species in the family Kogiidae in the sperm whale superfamily. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from the examination of stranded specimens.

^ Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). "Order Cetacea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 737. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Kiszka, J.; Braulik, G. (2020). "Kogia breviceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T11047A50358334. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T11047A50358334.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

[MSW3-1] Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). "Order Cetacea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 737. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-2] Kiszka, J.; Braulik, G. (2020). "Kogia breviceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T11047A50358334. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T11047A50358334.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[3] "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

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