Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Linnaeus, & Carolus. (1758). Systema Naturae Per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis, 10th Edition, Vol. 1.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cetacea
- family
- Physeteridae
- genus
- Physeter
- species
- Physeter macrocephalus
Name
- Homonyms
- Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Common names
- Grand cachalot in French
- Pottfisch, Pottwal in German
- Pottwal in German
- Sperm Whale in English
- Sperm Whale in English
- Sperm Whale in English
- Sperm whale in language.
- Sperm whale in English
- cachalot in French
- potvis in Dutch
- sperm whale in language.
- sperm whale, great sperm whale in English
- Pottwal in German
- cachalote común in Spanish
- capodoglio in Italian
- grand cachalot in French
- ispermecet balinası in Turkish
- ispermeçet balinası in Turkish
- kashaloti in Albanian
- kaskelot in Swedish
- kaskelott in Nynorsk, Norwegian
- kaskelott in Norwegian Bokmål
- kaskelotthval in Norwegian Bokmål
- kaskelottkval in Nynorsk, Norwegian
- kaszalot (zwyczajny) in Polish
- kaşalot in Turkish
- kašalotas in Lithuanian
- kit glavač in Slovenian
- potvis in Dutch
- spermasetthval in Norwegian Bokmål
- spermasettkval in Nynorsk, Norwegian
- spermhval in Norwegian Bokmål
- spermhval in Norwegian
- spermkval in Nynorsk, Norwegian
- Φυσητήρας in Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Кашалот in Ukrainian
- кашало́т in Russian
- ראשתן in Hebrew
Bibliographic References
- Animal Diversity Web. <em>University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.</em>
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
- Hershkovitz, Philip, 1966: Catalog of Living Whales. United States National Museum Bulletin, no. 246. viii + 259.
- Holthuis, L. B., 1987: Letters: The Scientific Name of the Sperm Whale. Marine Mammal Science, vol. 3, no. 1. 87-88.
- Husson, A. M., and L. B. Holthuis, 1974: Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758, the valid name for the sperm whale. Zoologische Mededelingen, vol. 48, no. 19. 205-217 + 3.
- ITIS (2014-10-08 22:00:00) Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
- Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758: null. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, 10th Edition, vol. 1. 824.
- Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743.
- Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
- Schevill, William E., 1986: The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and a paradigm: the name Physeter catodon Linnaeus 1758. Marine Mammal Science, vol. 2, no. 2. 153-157.
- Schevill, William E., 1987: Letters: The Scientific Name of the Sperm Whale, Mr. Schevill replies. Marine Mammal Science, vol. 3, no. 1. 89-90.
- Selys-Longchamps, E. de, 1839: Europaeorum Mammalium, Index Methodicus. Études de Micromammalogie: revue des musaraignes, des rats et des campagnols, suivie d'un index méthodique des mammifères d'Europe. 137-157.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
- Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
- Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750.
- van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376