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Pygmy sperm whale - Kogia breviceps - General biology
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Kogia breviceps recorded (
) and expected (
) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)
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This review can be cited as follows:
Morvan Barnes 2008. Kogia breviceps. Pygmy sperm whale. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 11/09/2010]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/generalbiology.php?speciesID=3593>
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