Species profile—Kogia sima (dwarf sperm whale)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Kogiidae (pygmy sperm whales) → Kogia sima (dwarf sperm whale)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Kogiidae (pygmy sperm whales)
- Scientific name
- Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)
- Common name
- dwarf sperm whale
- Type reference
- Owen, R. (1866). On some Indian Cetacea collected by Walter Elliot, Esq. Transactions of the Zoological Society, London 6(1), 17-47.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1026
- Synonym(s)
- Kogia simus
Callignathula simus
Callignathus simus
Physeter simus - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1026.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
