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Kogia is a genus of toothed whales within the superfamily Physeteroidea comprising two extant and one extinct species. Fossils date to the Miocene.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2440690	https://www.gbif.org/species/2440690
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	36744	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36744

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Kogiidae : Kogia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Cetacea	Brisson 1762
-	Pelagiceti	Uhen 2008
-	Neoceti	Fordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborder	Odontoceti	Flower 1867
superfamily	Physeteroidea	Gray 1868
family	Kogiidae	Miller 1923
subfamily	Kogiinae	Gill 1871
genus	Kogia	Gray 1846

Scientific Name

Kogia Gray, 1846

Name Published In

Gray, John E. 1846. Mammalia. The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1: 1-53,Plates I-XXXVII.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Kogia	genus	belongs to Catodontidae	stated without evidence	Gray, 1846
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiinae	stated without evidence	Gill, 1871
Kogia	genus	belongs to Physeteridae	stated without evidence	Cope, 1890
Kogia	genus	belongs to Physeterinae	stated without evidence	Trouessart, 1904
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiidae	stated without evidence	Miller, 1923
Kogia	genus	belongs to Physeterinae	stated without evidence	Zittel, 1925
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiidae	stated without evidence	Kellogg, 1928
Kogia	genus	belongs to Physeterinae	stated without evidence	Weber, 1928
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiinae	stated without evidence	Simpson, 1945
Kogia	genus	belongs to Physeteridae	stated without evidence	Sherman, 1952
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiinae	stated without evidence	Fraser and Purves, 1960
Kogia	genus	belongs to Physeteridae	stated without evidence	Barnes, 1977
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiinae	stated without evidence	Muizon, 1990
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiidae	stated without evidence	Vidal, 1991
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiinae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiidae	stated without evidence	Bianucci et al., 1998
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiinae	stated without evidence	Fordyce and de Muizon, 2001
Kogia	genus	belongs to Cetacea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiinae	stated without evidence	Kazár, 2002
Kogia	genus	belongs to Physeteridae	stated without evidence	Geisler and Sanders, 2003
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiidae	stated without evidence	Uhen et al., 2008
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiinae	stated without evidence	Bloodworth and Odell, 2008
Kogia	genus	belongs to Physeteridae	stated without evidence	Agnarsson and May-Collado, 2008
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiidae	stated without evidence	Fordyce and Roberts, 2009
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiidae	stated with evidence	Velez-Juarbe et al., 2015
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiidae	stated without evidence	Berta, 2017
Kogia	genus	belongs to Kogiinae	stated with evidence	Collareta et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (75%)

First Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cetacea)

Diet

carnivore (based on Odontoceti)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Odontoceti)

Ontogeny

modification of parts (based on Cetacea)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Common Name(s)

Pygmy Sperm Whales, Small Sperm Whales

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hyperoodon pusillus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Kogia breviceps species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Pygmy Sperm Whale	18	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Kogia sima species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Dwarf Sperm Whale	5	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Gallignathus Tomilin, 1957	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Kogiidae : *Gallignathus*
Euphisetes Tomilin, 1957	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Kogiidae : *Euphisetes*
Cogia Wallace, 1876	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Kogiidae : *Cogia*
Callignathula Strand, 1926	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Kogiidae : *Callignathula*
Callignathus Gill, 1871	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Kogiidae : *Callignathus*
Euphysetes Wall, 1851	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Kogiidae : *Euphysetes*
Euphycetes Gray, 1866	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Kogiidae : *Euphycetes*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1846	Kogia Gray p. 21
1850	Kogia Gray p. 53
1851	Euphysetes Wall
1863	Kogia Gray p. 199
1866	Kogia Gray p. 215
1866	Euphysetes Gray p. 392
1866	Physeter (Euphysetes) Owen p. 30
1868	Euphysetes Gray p. 4
1871	Callignathus Gill p. 126
1871	Kogia Gill p. 126
1871	Callignathus Gill p. 737
1872	Callignathus Gill p. 96
1872	Kogia Gill p. 96
1876	Cogia Wallace p. 206
1890	Kogia Cope p. 607
1904	Euphysetes Palmer p. 278
1904	Kogia Palmer p. 358
1904	Kogia Trouessart p. 774
1912	Kogia Turner p. 75
1923	Kogia Miller p. 40
1925	Kogia Zittel p. 86
1928	Kogia Kellogg p. 34 figs. Table 1
1928	Kogia Weber p. 389
1945	Kogia Simpson p. 102
1951	Kogia Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 721
1952	Kogia Sherman p. 99
1960	Kogia Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26

Year	Name and Author
1963	Kogia Scheffer and Rice p. 8
1973	Kogia Kasuya p. 61
1977	Kogia Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1
1987	Kogia Pilleri p. 53
1990	Kogia Muizon p. 297
1991	Kogia Vidal p. 5
1996	Kogia Bianucci p. 65
1997	Kogia McKenna and Bell p. 381
1998	Kogia Bianucci et al. p. 124
1998	Kogia Rice p. 83
1999	Kogia Bianucci and Landini p. 445
2001	Kogia Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2002	Kogia Kazár p. 163
2002	Kogia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Kogia Geisler and Sanders p. 29
2005	Kogia Mead and Brownell p. 737
2008	Kogia Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2008	Kogia Bloodworth and Odell p. 1
2008	Kogia Uhen et al. p. 574
2009	Kogia Fordyce and Roberts p. 553
2011	Kogia Geisler et al. p. 5 figs. Table 1
2014	Kogia Cioppi p. 87
2015	Kogia Velez-Juarbe et al. p. 15 figs. Fig. 10
2016	Kogia Velez-Juarbe et al. pp. e1135806-5
2017	Kogia Berta p. 161
2017	Kogia Collareta et al. p. 269 figs. Figure 6

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Gray J. E. , Catalogue of the Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of all the species and figures of the genera. Part I. Cetacea, 1-153

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Gray J. E. , Synopsis of the species of whales and dolphins in the Collection of the British Museum, 1-10

Gill T. Synopsis of the primary subdivisions of the cetaceans, Communications of the Essex Institute 6, 121-126

Gill T. Arrangement of the Families of Mammals, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 11 230, 1-98

Palmer T. S. (1904) Index generum mammalium: a list of the genera and families of mammals, North American Fauna 23, 1-984

Trouessart E. L. (1904) , Catalogus Mammalium Tam Viventium Quam Fossilium, Fourth Edition, 1-929

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Sherman H. B. (1952) A list and bibliography of the mammals of Florida, living and extinct, Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 15 2, 86-126

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Vidal O. (1991) Catalog of osteological collections of aquatic mammals from Mexico, NOAA Technical Reports NMFS 97, 1-36

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