Dwarf sperm whale
Kogia sima
Category: Whales & Dolphins
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetartiodactyla
- Family
- Kogiidae
- Genus
- Kogia
Where to Find
Found in 22 diving areas across 14 countries and 6 regions.
- South Australia, Australia - 8 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 24 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 3 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 241 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 3 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 3 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 2 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 5 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 4 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 16 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 25 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records