Kogiidae

Small sperm whales
Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Superfamily: Physeteroidea
Family: Kogiidae
Gill, 1871
Genera

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The Kogiidae are a family comprising two extant species of Cetacea. A number of genera are extinct.

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