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Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Cetacea - cetaceans »  family Physeteridae

Scientific synonyms

Catodon (Meganeuron) krefftii Gray, 1865
Catodon australis Wall, 1851
Catodon macrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Physeter australasianus Desmoulins, 1822
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Physeter orthodon

Other names

= Giant Sperm Whale
= Spermwhale

IUCN category:Vulnerable

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Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758]
Australian Faunal Directory [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversi...], Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [41755] [as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758]

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