Physeteridae

Physeter macrocephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Odontoceti

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Familia: Physeteridae
Subfamiliae: Physeterinae - †Aulophyseterinae - †Hoplocetinae

Overview of genera (13)

Physeter - †Aulophyseter - †Brygmophyseter - †Ferecetotherium - †Helvicetus - †Hoplocetus - †Idiophyseter - †Idiorophus - †Orycterocetus - †Physeterula - †Placoziphius - †Preaulophyseter - †Scaldicetus

Name

• Physeteridae Gray, 1821

Synonyms

• Catodontidae Cuvier, 1836

References

• Kazár, E. 2002: Revised phylogeny of the Physeteridae (Mammalia: Cetacea) in light of Placoziphius Van Beneden, 1869 and Aulophyseter Kellogg, 1927. Bulletin de l’Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, sciences de la terre, 72: 151–170.
• Physeteridae 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).
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

links

• NZOR (demonstration website) [includes Kogiidae]

Vernacular names

English: Sperm whales
日本語: マッコウクジラ科
Suomi: Kaskelotit
Türkçe: İspermeçet balinasıgiller
中文: 抹香鲸科