Pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata)

French:	Baleine Pygmée
Spanish:	Ballena Franca Pigmea

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetartiodactyla
Family	Neobalaenidae
Genus	Caperea (1)

Classified as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix I of CITES (2).

Information on the pygmy right whale is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

This information is awaiting authentication by a species expert, and will be updated as soon as possible. If you are able to help please contact: arkive@wildscreen.org.uk

1. IUCN Red List (November, 2008)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org/
2. CITES (November, 2008)
   http://www.cites.org