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Kogiinae

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

Little sperm whale is a member of Kogiinae is a subfamily of sperm whales of the family Kogiidae (the other subfamily being Scaphokogiinae) comprising the genera Kogia and the extinct Praekogia.[1]

References

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  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.