Physeteridae Gray 1821

Family PHYSETERIDAE (SPERM WHALE) • Largest of the toothed whales with a disproportionately large, box-like head containing the spermaceti organ complex, and flat paddle-shaped foreflippers; conical teeth on narrow lower jaw; most sexually dimorphic cetacean in body length and weight. • 1100-1500 cm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Russell A. Mittermeier, Don E. Wilson
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Lynx Edicions 2014
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Physeteridae
Sperm whale
toothed whales
Lynx
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6607586
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B70F87E54665873143A5FDE2F864FACA
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Summary:Family PHYSETERIDAE (SPERM WHALE) • Largest of the toothed whales with a disproportionately large, box-like head containing the spermaceti organ complex, and flat paddle-shaped foreflippers; conical teeth on narrow lower jaw; most sexually dimorphic cetacean in body length and weight. • 1100-1500 cm. • Cosmopolitan, inhabiting all the world’s oceans. Deep, ice-free oceanic waters. 1 genus, 1 species, 1 taxon. I species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600 Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2014, Physeteridae, pp. 300-317 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4 Sea Mammals, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 300, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6607611

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