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SpeciesCetaceaKogiidae
Marine mammals

🐋Dwarf sperm whale

Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)

نهنگ عنبر کوتوله گونه‌ای آب‌باز عضو تیره کوچک‌عنبریان از میان آب‌بازان دندان‌دار است. آن‌ها اغلب در دریاها دیده نمی‌شوند و بیشتر اطلاعات به دست آمده از آن‌ها از روی نمونه‌های به ساحل افتاده بوده‌است.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
187 kg
Body length
2.43 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
28 years
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Everything we know about the Dwarf sperm whale

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Body mass
187 kgrecord 210 kg · SeaLifeBase
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Record: largest individual on record

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Body length
2.43 m
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Brain mass
622 g
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Maximum lifespan
28 yearsestimated
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Generation length
12 years
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Age at maturity
152 days
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Gestation
274 days
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Litter size
1
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Trophic level
Carnivore
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Activity cycle
Diurnalestimated
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Volume l
187 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Dwarf sperm whale yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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What it eats
insects and other invertebrates100%
In other languages
Kleiner Pottwal (de), Kogia sima (es), Cachalot nain (fr), 侏儒抹香鯨 (zh), Cachalote-anão (pt), Kogia płaskonosa (pl) … and 21 more languages
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