Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758

• 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; Physeter; Physeter macrocephalus; cachalote; Grand cachalot; Pottwal; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6607619; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B70F87E546648733428CF91FF6ECFD82

Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus French: Grand Cachalot / German: Pottwal / Spanish: Cachalote Other common names: Cachalot, Pot Whale, Spermacet Whale Taxonomy. Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758, “in Oceano Europao.” This species is monotypic. Distribution. Almost cosmopolitan, found from the...