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The pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata) is a poorly known and rarely seen oceanic dolphin. [3] It is the only species in the genus Feresa.It derives its common name from sharing some physical characteristics with the orca, also known as the killer whale.
Kogiidae is a family comprising at least two extant species of Cetacea, the pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (K. sima) sperm whales.As their common names suggest, they somewhat resemble sperm whales, with squared heads and small lower jaws, but are much smaller, with much shorter skulls and more notable dorsal fins than sperm whales. [2]
Pygmy killer whale: Feresa attenuata Gray, 1875: LC: Unknown [d] 160–350 kg (350–770 lb) Genus Globicephala – two species Common name Scientific name Status Population Distribution Size Picture Long-finned pilot whale: Globicephala melas Traill, 1809: LC: Unknown [e] (green) 1.8–3.5 t (2.0–3.9 short tons) Short-finned pilot whale
Two species of the related extant genus Kogia, the pygmy sperm whale K. breviceps and the dwarf sperm whale K. simus, are sometimes also placed in this family, or else are placed in their own family, the Kogiidae. [10] A summary of the classification of extant and extinct (†) taxa is: Livyatan melvillei skull. Physeteroidea, sperm whales
Genus Lissodelphis – right whale dolphins; Genus Cephalorhynchus – Antarctic dolphins; Subfamily Globicephalinae. Genus Globicephala – pilot whales; Genus Feresa – pygmy killer whale; Genus Grampus – Risso's dolphin; Genus Orcaella – snubfin dolphins; Genus Peponocephala – melon-headed whale; Genus Steno – rough-toothed dolphin
Neobalaenidae is a family of baleen whales (suborder Mysticeti) including the extant pygmy right whale.Although traditionally considered related to balaenids, recent studies by Fordyce and Marx (2013) and Ludovic Dutoit and colleagues (2023) have recovered the living pygmy right whale as a member of Cetotheriidae, making it the only extant cetotheriid.
Kogia is a genus of toothed whales within the superfamily Physeteroidea comprising two extant and two extinct species from the Neogene: Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps; Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima †Kogia pusilla, Italy, Middle Pliocene †Kogia danomurai Pisco Formation, Peru, latest Miocene
North Atlantic right whale Pygmy sperm whale Orca Atlantic humpback dolphin The order Cetacea includes whales , dolphins and porpoises . They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.