Kogiinae

Kogiinae
A beached pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Kogiidae
Subfamily: Kogiinae
Gill, 1871

Little sperm whales are members of the subfamily Kogiinae, sperm whales of the family Kogiidae (the other subfamily being Scaphokogiinae) comprising the genera Kogia and the both extinct taxons Praekogia and Pliokogia.[1]

References

  1. ^ Bianucci, Giovanni; Landini, Walter (1999-11-30). "Kogia pusilla from the Middle Pliocene of Tuscany (Italy) and a phylogenetic analysis of the family Kogiidae (Odontoceti, Cetacea)". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (Research in Paleontology and Stratigraphy). 105 (3). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/5385. ISSN 2039-4942.


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