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Pygmy killer whale
Order : Cetacea
Suborder : Odontoceti
Family : Delphinidae
Genus : Feresa
Facts about the genus Feresa, the pygmy killer whale
Daphne and a young pygmy killer whale are being kept in separate holding tanks at the rear of the marine park.
Feresa is reported as occurring in deep warm waters rarely close to shore except near oceanic islands.
The False Killer Whale and Pygmy Killer Whale are quite separate species.
The Pygmy Killer Whale is a [CITIES-listed Endangered Species]
The Pygmy Killer Whale is found in all warm waters around the world, including the Mediterranean Sea.
The pygmy killer whale is found through-out tropical waters, including the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
The threats to the Pygmy Killer Whale are entanglement (Full text)
RELATIVES The pygmy killer whale is a species of dolphin and is in the same subfamily as the melon-headed whale, false killer whale, killer whale, long-finned pilot whale and short-finned pilot whale. (Full text)
Description: The Pygmy Killer Whale is the smallest of all the 'Blackfish' and is similar in size to many dolphins. (Full text)
Despite its size and common name, however, the Orca is, in fact, the largest dolphin, and is more closely related to them than to the 'great' whales The False Killer Whale and Pygmy Killer Whale are quite separate species. (Full text)
The conservation status of the Pygmy Killer Whale is insufficiently known to science. (Full text)