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Kogia breviceps
Sperm whale Sperm" whale` (Zo["o]l.) A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale. Pygmy sperm whale (Zo["o]l.), a small whale (Kogia breviceps), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called also snub-nosed cachalot. Sperm-whale porpoise (Zo["o]l.), a toothed cetacean (Hypero["o]don bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.

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- Neogene: Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima †Kogia pusilla, Italy, Middle PlioceneKogia danomurai Pisco Formation, Peru...
- The dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) is a sperm whale that inhabits temperate and tropical oceans worldwide, in particular continental shelves and slopes...
- whale, in the genus Kogia. In the past, these genera have sometimes been united in a single family, the Physeteridae, with the two Kogia species in the subfamily...
- 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...
- Scaphokogiinae) comprising the genera Kogia and the extinct Praekogia. Bianucci, Giovanni; Landini, Walter (1999-11-30). "Kogia pusilla from the Middle Pliocene...
- a family comprising at least two extant species of Cetacea, the pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (K. sima) sperm whales. As their common names suggest...
- Kogia pusilla is an extinct species of sperm whale from the Middle Pliocene of Italy, also known as the Littleness Sperm Whale. related to the modern-day...
- family, along with the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale of the genus Kogia. The sperm whale is a pelagic mammal with a worldwide range, and will migrate...
- 5% wax esters. Most of the fats are saturated. In the pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps), the melon consists of an outer layer and an inner core, which...
- Kogia Pygmy sperm whale (K. breviceps) Dwarf sperm whale (K. simus)...