Mammalia - Cetacea - Kogiidae

Synonyms: Callignathus Gill 1871, Cogia Wallace 1876, Euphysetes Wall 1851, Physeter (Euphysetes) Wall 1851

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53

Parent taxon: Kogiidae according to J. H. Geisler et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Kogiinae, Praekogia, Scaphokogia, Scaphokogiinae, Thalassocetus antwerpiensis

Subtaxa: Kogia breviceps, Kogia pusilla, Kogia sima

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Type: Kogia breviceps

Ecology: aquatic carnivore