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Whales and Dolphins of Peru
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Kogia simus (Owen, 1866)
Dwarf sperm whale
Conservation Status:
- Listed in Annex 2 (threatened species) of the International Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES);
- Listed in Annex C1 (strictly protected) of Regulation 3626/82 of the European Union;
- Protected by the US Marine Mammals Protection Act (MMPA);
- Listed by the International Union
for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a species of which "insufficient
information" is available.
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Distribution in
Peru:
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Present threats:
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Unknown (two specimens where caught as by-catch off the coast of Paracas and one off the coast of Pucusana). |
Marine contamination with garbage (dead whales with plastic garbage in their stomachs have been found). |