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Taxonomy
Physeter (Euphysetes) simus was named by Owen (1866). It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH 1474c-73.6.25.2, a skeleton. Its type locality is Waltair, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in India.
It was recombined as Callignathus simus by Gill (1871) and Gill (1871); it was recombined as Kogia simus by Schulte (1937), Yamata (1954), Barnes (1977), Nagorsen (1985), Vidal (1991) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); it was synonymized subjectively with Kogia breviceps by Hershkovitz (1966); it was recombined as Kogia sima by Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Bloodworth and Odell (2008) and Velez-Juarbe et al. (2015).
It was recombined as Callignathus simus by Gill (1871) and Gill (1871); it was recombined as Kogia simus by Schulte (1937), Yamata (1954), Barnes (1977), Nagorsen (1985), Vidal (1991) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); it was synonymized subjectively with Kogia breviceps by Hershkovitz (1966); it was recombined as Kogia sima by Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Bloodworth and Odell (2008) and Velez-Juarbe et al. (2015).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1866 | Physeter (Euphysetes) simus Owen p. 30 figs. Plates 10-14 |
1871 | Callignathus simus Gill p. 738 |
1937 | Kogia simus Schulte p. 364 |
1954 | Kogia simus Yamata p. 37 |
1977 | Kogia simus Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1 |
1985 | Kogia simus Nagorsen p. 1 |
1991 | Kogia simus Vidal p. 5 |
1998 | Kogia sima Rice p. 108 |
2005 | Kogia sima Mead and Brownell p. 737 |
2008 | Kogia simus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5 |
2008 | Kogia sima Bloodworth and Odell p. 1 |
2015 | Kogia sima Velez-Juarbe et al. p. 15 figs. Fig. 10 |
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Kogia sima Owen 1866 [dwarf sperm whale]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available