Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) . Ann. Franc. Etr. Anat. Phys., 2:337.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Cape Prov., "rapportée des mers du cap de Bonne-Espérance" (= Cape of Good Hope) .

DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: temperate to tropical waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: floweri, goodei, grayii .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Caldwell and Caldwell (1989).