Species: Kogia breviceps

Pygmy Sperm Whale
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Mammalia

    Order

    Cetacea

    Family

    Kogiidae

    Genus

    Kogia

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Cachalote Pigmeo - cachalot pygmée
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Mammals - Whales and Dolphins
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Mammalia - Cetacea - Kogiidae - Kogia - .
    Habitat Type Description
    Marine
    Migration
    false - false - false
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Eats mostly squid and cuttlefish; sometimes crabs, shrimp, and fishes.
    Reproduction Comments
    Gestation lasts perhaps 11 months. Most calving apparently occurs between fall and spring. Stranded females that were both pregnant and lactating indicate capability of annual reproduction or that lactation is prolonged (Leatherwood and Reeves 1983, IUCN 1991).
    Ecology Comments
    Solitary or in groups of up to about 6.
    Length
    370
    Weight
    408000
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G4
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-11-15
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-11-15
    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    Worldwide in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate oceans, though degree of continuity of populations is unknown. Rarely observed at sea, though strandings indicate that it may be common, at least seasonally, close to shore in some areas. Strandings are most common along the east coast of North America and south to Cuba and Texas, in southern Africa, southeastern Australia, and the Tasman Sea and South Pacific coasts of New Zealand (Leatherwood and Reeves 1983).
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