Kogiidae
| Small sperm whales | |
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| 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.
- Kogia
- Pygmy sperm whale, K. breviceps
- Dwarf sperm whale, K. sima
- Kogia pusilla †
- Aprixokogia †
- Kogiopsis †
- Praekogia †
- Scaphokogia †
- Thalassocetus †
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