THE PIGMY SPERM WHALE (KOGIA BREVICEPS, 
BLAINVILLE) ON SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COASTS 
By HERBERT M. HALE, DIRECTOR, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 
Summary 
It is now possible to list three localities at which the Pigmy, or Short-headed Sperm 
Whale (Kogia breviceps) has been taken in South Australia. 
The first record of the species on the coast of this State is furnished by Wood Jones 
(1925, p. 279) who notes a lower jaw secured at Encounter Bay about 1885. 
