Species profile—Kogia breviceps (pygmy sperm whale)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Kogiidae (pygmy sperm whales) → Kogia breviceps (pygmy sperm whale)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Kogiidae (pygmy sperm whales)
- Scientific name
- Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838)
- Common name
- pygmy sperm whale
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1025
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1025
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.