Biodiversity & Conservation

Habitat preferences and distribution

Reproduction and longevity

Sensitivity

Importance

Pygmy sperm whale - Kogia breviceps - Habitat preferences and distribution

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Kogia breviceps recorded () and expected () distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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Distribution

Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland (click for map)	Only a few sightings off the east coasts of Scotland and England.
Global distribution	No text entered

Habitat preferences

Physiographic preferences
Biological zone preferences
Substratum / habitat preferences
Tidal strength preferences
Wave exposure preferences
Salinity preferences
Depth range
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Migration Pattern
Is the species native?

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 06/09/2010]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/specieshabitats.php?speciesID=3593>

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