Taxon profile

subfamily

Sperm whales
Physeterinae Gray, 1821

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

Included taxa

Number of records: 10

genus Physeter Linnaeus, 1758

Fossil taxa

genus Idiophyseter Kellogg, 1925 ^†

genus Orycterocetus Leidy, 1853 ^†

genus Physeterula Van Beneden, 1877 ^†

genus Placoziphius van Beneden, 1869 ^†

Nomina dubia ^dub.

genus Balaenodon Owen, 1846 ^† ^dub.

genus Physetodon McCoy, 1879 ^† ^dub.

genus Priscophyseter Portis, 1886 ^† ^dub.

genus Prophyseter Abel, 1905 ^† ^dub.

genus Thalassocetus Abel, 1905 ^† ^dub.

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