WoRMS taxon details
Kogia Gray, 1846
AphiaID: 159024
AphiaID: 159024
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Physeteridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Physeteridae | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Callignathula Strand, 1926 (synonym) Callignathus Gill, 1871 (preoccupied) Cogia Wallace, 1876 (preoccupied) Euphisetes Tomilin, 1957 (misspelling) Euphysetes Wall, 1851 (synonym) Gallignathus Tomilin, 1957 (misspelling) | |||||||||||||
| Source |
additional source: King, C. (2009). Terrestrial mammals (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) Species Kogia sima (Owen, 1866) Species Kogia brevirostris Gray, 1865 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) Species Kogia floweri Gill, 1871 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) Species Kogia goodei True, 1884 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) Species Kogia grayi Gill, 1871 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) Species Kogia greyi Trouessart, 1898 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) Species Kogia macleayi Gill, 1871 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) Species Kogia simus (Owen, 1866) accepted as Kogia sima (Owen, 1866) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Classification: Placed in a seperate family: Kogiidae by ERMS 1 [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159024 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Kogia Gray, 1846. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159024 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||||
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