| Kogiinae | |
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| A beached pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Kogiidae |
| Subfamily: | Kogiinae Gill, 1871 |
Little sperm whales are members of the subfamily Kogiinae, sperm whales of the family Kogiidae (the other subfamily being Scaphokogiinae) comprising the genera Kogia and the both extinct taxons Praekogia and Pliokogia . [1]
