Common Name
Dwarf Sperm Whale
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Kogiidae
Species Name
Kogia sima
Status
Lower Risk
States
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Distribution
Worldwide: warm temperate to tropical waters
Notes
Occasionally this species will strand in cold water. This species is more often found over or near she continental shelf, while K. breviceps is found beyond the shelf.