dwarf sperm whale

English

A dwarf sperm whale breaching.

Noun

dwarf sperm whale (plural dwarf sperm whales)

1. Any of the small whales of the sperm whale superfamily, in species Kogia sima.

Coordinate terms

• (small sperm whale): pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)

Translations

Kogia simia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侏儒抹香鯨／侏儒抹香鲸 (zhūrú mǒxiāngjīng)

• Finnish: pikkukaskelotti
• Russian: ма́лый ка́рликовый кашало́т m (mályj kárlikovyj kašalót)
• Spanish: cachalote enano m

Further reading

• dwarf sperm whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kogia sima on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Kogia sima on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons