Physeter macrocephalus
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Cetacea • Subordo: Odontoceti • Familia: Physeteridae • Genus: Physeter • Species: Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
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Deutsch: Pottwal · English: Sperm Whale · Français : Grand Cachalot · Italiano: Capodoglio · Polski: Kaszalot · Português: Cachalote · |
Wikispecies has information related to:
- Syn. Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 (prefered by ITIS,MSW,wikispecies)
- IUCN link: Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (Vulnerable)
English: The Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of the toothed whales and is the largest toothed animal in the world. The whale was named after the milky-white substance spermaceti found in its head and originally mistaken for sperm.
Français : Physeter macrocephalus est la plus grande des baleines à dents et est le plus grand animal au monde à posséder des dents. Le nom anglais de l'animal (littéralement : baleine à sperme) vient d'une substance laiteuse que l'on trouve dans sa tête et qui avait initialement été prise pour du sperme par erreur.
 Sperm Whale diving, off New Zealand |
 Sperm Whale jumping at the Azores |
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 Scarred Giant, by Chris Harman |
 A piece of sperm whale skin with Giant Squid sucker scars. |
 Sperm Whale range map v.4 |
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 skeleton of a sperm whale |
 young sperm whale |
 hunting of sperm whale |
 Sperm whale and Bottlenose whale |
 sperm whale hunting |
 sperm whale and giant squid |
 processing of Spermaceti |
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