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Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Artiodactyla - even-toed ungulates »  family Physeteridae »  genus Physeter

Scientific synonyms

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

Other names

= Cachalot
= Giant Sperm Whale

Images

Physeter macrocephalus - Sperm Whale

Author: Tuttle, Stephen

Physeter macrocephalus - Sperm Whale

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Physeter macrocephalus - Sperm Whale

Author: Klaus Rudloff

juvenile animal

Physeter macrocephalus - Sperm Whale

Author: B. Kao

skeleton

Physeter macrocephalus - Sperm Whale

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Intertaxon relationships

predator: Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) - Killer Whale

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [41755]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Australian Faunal Directory [e2705e7a-a83c-4d04-87d3-b793e79671d7]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 8 February 2015
EN ASM Mammal Diversity Database 2.1 [1006461]

ASM Mammal Diversity Database [https://www.mammaldiversity.org/], American Society of Mammalogists [as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 29 May 2025
EN 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] [as Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
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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