Author Frederick W. True (1858–1914)  
English: Kogia breviceps, (Blainville) Gray. Pygmy Sperm Whale .
Length, 8 feet 6 inches. (From photographs by the U. S. Fish Commission of a Specimen captured at the U. S. Life Saving Station, Spring Lake, New Jersey, and now in the U. S. National Museum
Subject: Pygmy sperm whale
Geographic Subject: United States--New Jersey--Spring Lake
Tag: Aquatic Mammals
Date 1883
Source/Photographer
English: True, Frederick W. (1885) Suggestions to the keepers of the U. S. Lifesaving stations, light-houses, and light-ships, and to other observers, relative to the best means of collecting and preserving specimens of whales and porpoises, Report of the Commissioner (United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries), 1883, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_34085_Kogia_breviceps,_(Blainville)_Gray_Pygmy_Sperm_Whale.jpeg
The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) is one of three species of toothed whale in the sperm whale family. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from the examination of stranded specimens. Pygmy sperm whales are found throughout the tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. |
