Kogia sima
– Lower Risk Least Concern
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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CETACEA
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Family:
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KOGIIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Kogia sima
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Species Authority:
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(Owen, 1866)
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | DWARF SPERM WHALE |
| French | — | CACHALOT NAIN |
| Spanish | — | CACHALOTE ENANO |
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Taxonomic Notes:
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Was in family Physetridae for the 1996-2002 IUCN Red Lists.
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LR/lc ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Cetacean Specialist Group
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Justification:
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This species is widely distributed in the world’s oceans, particularly in warm temperate and tropical areas. The animals are difficult to observe and have not been studied directly in the wild. Much of what is known about it comes from strandings. A limited amount of hunting has taken place in at least Japan, the Lesser Antilles, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia, but this species is not a major target of exploitation. Mortality in fishing gear, especially gillnets, is likely a more serious problem. However, the data on mortality levels and whale abundance are far from sufficient for a proper assessment. Ingestion of plastic debris may contribute to morbidity and mortality (J. Mead, cited in Laist et al. 1999). (Account based on Reeves et al. 2003, p. 50).
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History:
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| 1994 | - | Insufficiently Known as K. simus (Groombridge 1994) |
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Native:
Angola; Australia; Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Cameroon; Canada (British Columbia); Cape Verde; Chile (Valparaíso); China; Colombia; Comoros; Cuba; Côte d'Ivoire; Dominican Republic; Ecuador (Galápagos); French Polynesia; Guam; India; Indonesia; Japan (Honshu); Kenya; Kiribati; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Madagascar; Malaysia; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mexico; Micronesia, Federated States of; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; New Caledonia; New Zealand (Kermadec Is., North Is.); Nigeria; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Portugal (Azores, Madeira); Réunion; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Sao Tomé and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Somalia; South Africa; Spain (Canary Is.); Sri Lanka; Tanzania, United Republic of; United States (Hawaiian Is.); Venezuela; Viet Nam; Yemen
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FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
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Native:
Atlantic-eastern central; Atlantic-northeast; Atlantic-northwest; Atlantic-southeast; Atlantic-southwest; Atlantic-western central; Indian Ocean-eastern; Indian Ocean-western; Pacific-eastern central; Pacific-northeast; Pacific-northwest; Pacific-southeast; Pacific-southwest; Pacific-western central
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Habitat and Ecology
