The Firecracker Whale A Compilation of Available Information on Kogia breviceps The Pygmy Sperm Whale by M. Maxwell A. Newman, with assistance from Gary C. Newman Fairbanks, Alaska - April 15, 1996 Last updated December 20, 2001 Abstract This paper examines the body of available information on kogia breviceps, commonly known as the pygmy sperm whale. Research from strandings of pygmy sperm ...