Kogia breviceps
Pygmy Sperm Whale
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2026-08-05: itis_id 180491 via WoRMS external link
The pygmy sperm whale is one of two extant species in the family Kogiidae in the sperm whale superfamily. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from the examination of stranded specimens.W CalCOFI holds 2 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1989 and 1992.R
- 2
- observations
- 2
- records
- 2
- sampling events
- 1989–1992
- years
- 1
- datasets
- 3.4 m
- max length
Observed in 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same
strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses
(dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet
pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Kogia breviceps Pygmy Sperm Whale · code
PSWH
Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:137113")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:137113'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.20, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it 3.4 m max
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.
Lineage 14 ranks · Biota to Kogia
Credits silhouette · photo · text · length
- Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Kogia breviceps · source
- Photo · anonymous, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · Public domain · inat · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Pygmy sperm whale” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1371969592
- Length · sealifebase
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist · GBIF
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.20
Cite the release, v2026.10.20; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗