Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758

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Linnaeus, Carolus. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, 10th Edition, vol. 1. (1758).

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Mammalia: order
Cetacea: family
Physeteridae: genus
Physeter: species
Physeter macrocephalus

Physeter macrocephalus

Anisakis physeteris

conservation

vulnerable

biome

marine

spine

vertebrate

legislation

Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758

Physeter macrocephalus [spec. nov.]

P. dorso impenni, fistula in cervice.

Catodon fistula in cervice. Art. gen. 78. syn. 108. Faun. svec. 262. Syst. nat. 39. n. 2.

Cete. Clus. exot. 131.

Cete Clusio descriptum. Will. icht. 41.

Balaena major in inferiore tantum maxilla dentata macrocephala bipinnis. Raj. pisc. 15: 11.

Habitat in Oceano Europaeo

Longitudo saepe sexaginta pedum.

Sperma Ceti e ventriculis cerebri.

Name

Synonyms: Catodon australis MacLeay, 1851; Catodon australis Wall, 1851; Catodon colneti Gray, 1850; Catodon krefftii Gray, 1865; Catodon macrocephalus Lacépède, 1804; Catodon trumpo Lacépède, 1804; Cetus cylindricus Billberg, 1828; Delphinus bayeri Risso, 1826; Meganeuron krefftii Gray, 1866; Megistosaurus ensiformis Godman, 1827; Phiseter cylindricus Bonnaterre, 1789; Phiseter mular Bonnaterre, 1789; Phiseter trumpo Bonnaterre, 1789; Physalus cylindricus Lacépède, 1804; Physeter andersonii Borowski, 1780; Physeter australasianus Desmoulins, 1822; Physeter australasiensis Desmoulins, 1822; Physeter australis Gray, 1846; Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758; Physeter maximus G.Cuvier, 1798
Homonyms: Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Kaskelot in Danish; Sperm Whale in English; Sperm Whale in English; Sperm Whale in English; Sperm Whale in English; Sperm Whale in English; Sperm Whale in English; Sperm Whale in English; cachalot in English; cachalot in English; 抹香鯨 in Chinese; 抹香鯨 in Chinese; Potvis in Dutch; Potvis in Dutch; Sperm Whale in English; Sperm Whale in English; Sperm Whale in English; kaskelohtta in Northern Sami; kaskelot in Swedish; potvis in Dutch; Ballena Esperma in Spanish; Cachalot in French; Cachalote in Spanish; Cachalote in Portuguese; Cachelot in English; Capodoglio in Italian; Gabdoll in Maltese; Kashalot in Albanian; Kaşalot in Turkish; Morfil Sberm in Welsh; Morfilod Sberm in Welsh; Pot Whale in English; Pottfisch in German; Pottwal in German; Spermacet Whale in English; Ulješura in Croatian; adagig in language.; aggadakhgik in language.; anbar in Arabic; bahran in Sindhi; bahran in language.; ballena esperma in Spanish; bardhvalur in Norwegian; bolshoi plavun in Russian; burdhvalur in Norwegian; burr-hval in Norwegian; búrhvalur in Icelandic; cachalot in French; cachalot à dents en faucille in French; cachalot à dents pointues in French

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