Physeter macrocephalus

Physeter macrocephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Odontoceti

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Familia: Physeteridae
Genus: Physeter
Species: Physeter macrocephalus

Name

Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 [priority over P. catodon chosen by first reviser Selys-Longchamps (1839: 157) [fide Holthuis (1987: 88)]]
• Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 [synonymy by Selys-Longchamps (1839: 157) [fide Holthuis (1987: 88)], confirmed by Husson & Holthuis (1974: 213) concurrently with type specimen fixations]
• Catodon australis Wall, 1851
• Catodon (Meganeuron) krefftii Gray, 1865

Type data

• macrocephalus Linnaeus: Lectotype, designated by Husson & Holthuis (1974: 210): no longer extant, but designated via an original pen and ink drawing still preserved in the collection of Teyler's Museum at Haarlem, Netherlands
  • Type kind: male
  • Type locality: stranded at Berkhey, between Scheveningen and Katwijk, province of Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
  • Paralectotypes (many, but none designated per se)
• catodon Linnaeus: Neotype, designated by Husson & Holthuis (1974: 212): RMNH 5828
  • Type kind: male
  • Type locality: on the Middenplaat, in the estuary of the Westerschelde, S.W. Netherlands

References

cited sources

• Holthuis, L.B. 1987: The scientific name of the sperm whale. Marine mammal science, 3: 87-89. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1987.tb00154.x
• Husson, A.M.; Holthuis, L.B. 1974: Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758, the valid name for the sperm whale. Zoologische mededelingen, 48: 205–217.
• Selys-Longchamps, E., de 1839: Etudes de Micromammalogie. Revue des musaraignes, des rats et des campagnols, suivie d’un index methodique des mammiferes d’Europe. Paris. [not seen]

additional references

• Schevill, W.E. 1986: The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and a paradigm: the name Physeter catodon Linnaeus 1758. Marine mammal science, 2: 153-157. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1986.tb00036.x
• Schevill, W.E. 1987: Mr. Schevill replies [to Holthuis (1987)]. Marine mammal science, 3: 89-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1987.tb00155.x
• Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.) 2005: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Maryland, U.S.A. ISBN 0801882214

links

• Physeter macrocephalus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• [1] Listed animal in CITES Appendix I
• Australian Faunal Directory
• Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Physeter catodon

Vernacular names

Česky: Vorvaň obrovský
English: Cachalot, Sperm whale
Español: Cachalote
Français: Grand Cachalot
Galego: Cachalote
Hawai`i: Palaoa
Italiano: Capodoglio
日本語: マッコウクジラ
Polski: kaszalot
Português: Cachalote
Suomi: Kaskelotti
Svenska: Kaskelot
Türkçe: İspermeçet balinası, Kaşalot, Amber balığı
中文: 抹香鲸

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