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Dwarf Sperm Whale

Educational resources on Dwarf Sperm Whale

Dwarf Sperm Whale or Kogia sima is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Dwarf Sperm Whale

Academic web links for the Dwarf Sperm Whale.


Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia simus)
Dwarf Sperm Whale Order Cetacea: Family Physeteridae : Kogia simus (Owen) Description. Similar to Kogia breviceps but smaller (rarely reaching 3 m in length
www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/kogisimu.htm

pygmy dwarf sperm whale
Common Name: Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales. Class: Mammalia. Order: Cetacea. Family: Physeteridae. Genus: Kogia. Species: Two species:
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/pygmy_dwarf_sperm_whale.htm

for spider: static text only
Scientific name: Kogia sima: Common name: dwarf sperm whale: ITIS# 180492: Physical Description: The dwarf sperm whale is similar in appearance to the pygmy sperm whale, but has a
seamap.env.duke.edu/species/tsn/180492

Dwarf Sperm Whale : Table of Contents
A collection of Tropical Marine Ecology Digital Images 2002: a multimedia collection of images and movies.
jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/marineecology02/whale/TOC.html

ADW: Kogia sima: Classification
Kogia sima (dwarf sperm whale) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Kogia_sima.html?portal_status...

North American Mammals: Kogia simus
The dwarf sperm whale is similar to the pygmy sperm whale, but is smaller and has a larger, taller dorsal fin, higher on its back, that looks like the dorsal fin of a bottlenose
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=115

Whalenet Information Archive 1998 Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia Simus
Received: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 14:33:04 -0400: From: "Robin W. Baird" &lt;<a href="mailto:rwbaird@is.dal.ca">rwbaird@is.dal.ca</a>&gt; To: <a href="mailto:MARMAM@UVVM.UVIC.CA">MARMAM
whale.wheelock.edu/archives/info98/0132.html

ADW: Kogia sima: Information
The dwarf sperm whale has a porpoise-like form, with the blowhole positioned on the left side of the forehead, and a shark-like mouth posterior to the snout.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Kogia_sima.html

Order Cetacea
Dwarf Sperm Whale, Kogia simus. Family Ziphiidae (beaked whales) Blainville’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon densirostris
www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/ordcetac.htm

Whalenet Information Archive 1998: Drift-net fishing banned by Mi (fwd ...
Next message: Mike Williamson: "Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus (Abstract) (fwd)" Previous message: Mike Williamson: "Society for Marine Mammalogy - Publications (fwd)"
whale.wheelock.edu/archives/info98/0131.html







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