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WoRMS taxon details

Kogia Gray, 1846

AphiaID

159024 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159024)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Kogiidae Gill, 1871

Original name

Kogia Gray, 1846

Synonymised names

Callignathula Strand, 1926 · unaccepted (synonym)

Callignathus Gill, 1871 · unaccepted (preoccupied)

Cogia Wallace, 1876 · unaccepted (preoccupied)

Euphisetes Tomilin, 1957 · unaccepted (misspelling)

Euphysetes Wall, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)

Gallignathus Tomilin, 1957 · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
Species Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)
Species Kogia brevirostris Gray, 1865 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) (synonym)
Species Kogia floweri Gill, 1871 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) (synonym)
Species Kogia goodei True, 1884 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) (synonym)
Species Kogia grayi Gill, 1871 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) (synonym)
Species Kogia greyi Trouessart, 1898 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) (synonym)
Species Kogia macleayi Gill, 1871 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) (synonym)
Species Kogia simus (Owen, 1866) accepted as Kogia sima (Owen, 1866) (Justified emendation of spelling to "sima" retains the authorship and date of the original name (IZCM 19.2).)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Kogia Gray, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159024 on 2025-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2007-12-22 19:25:59Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-08-20 11:25:36Z

changed

Perrin, William

2016-03-11 16:33:15Z

changed

Fordyce, Ewan

Licensing

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Taxonomy

taxonomy source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]

Other

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cogia) (from synonym Cogia Wallace, 1876)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kogia)
To Genbank (from synonym Cogia Wallace, 1876)
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