Physeter macrocephalus
Appearance
(Redirected from Physeter tursio)


Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Physeteridae
Subfamilia: Physeterinae
Genus: Physeter
Species: Physeter macrocephalus
Name
[edit]- Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
- Lectotype, male, no longer extant, but designated via an original pen and ink drawing still preserved in the collection of Teyler's Museum at Haarlem, Netherlands
- Designation: Husson; Holthuis 1974: 210
- Paralectotypes (many, but none designated per se)
- Type locality: stranded at Berkhey, between Scheveningen and Katwijk, province of Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Lectotype, male, no longer extant, but designated via an original pen and ink drawing still preserved in the collection of Teyler's Museum at Haarlem, Netherlands
Synonyms
[edit]- Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
- Neotype, male RMNH 5828
- Designation: Husson; Holthuis 1974: 212
- Type locality: on the Middenplaat, in the estuary of the Westerschelde, S.W. Netherlands
- Author for synonymy chosen by first reviser: Selys-Longchamps 1839: 157 [fide Holthuis (1987: 88)], confirmed by Husson & Holthuis (1974: 213) concurrently with type specimen fixations
- Neotype, male RMNH 5828
- Physeter microps Linnaeus, 1758
- Author for synonymy: Schevill 1986 WoRMS
- Physeter tursio Linnaeus, 1758
- Author for synonymy: Schevill 1986 WoRMS
- Catodon australis Wall, 1851
- Catodon (Meganeuron) krefftii Gray, 1865
References
[edit]- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 76–77.
Reference page.
- 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.
- 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
- 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]
- Physeter macrocephalus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Links
[edit]- [1] Listed animal in CITES Appendix I
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Physeter catodon
Vernacular names
[edit]- Afrikaans: Potvis
- aragonés: Cachalot
- العربية: حوت العنبر
- azərbaycanca: Kaşalot
- беларуская (тарашкевіца): Кашалёт
- беларуская: Кашалот
- български: Кашалот
- brezhoneg: C'hwezher bras
- català: Catxalot
- corsu: Capodogliu
- čeština: Vorvaň obrovský
- dansk: Kaskelothval
- Deutsch: Pottwal
- English: Sperm Whale
- Esperanto: Kaĉaloto
- español: Cachalote
- eesti: Kašelott
- euskara: Kaxalote
- فارسی: نهنگ عنبر
- suomi: Kaskelotti
- føroyskt: Augustur
- français: Grand cachalot
- Gaeilge: Caisealóid
- galego: Cachalote
- Hawaiʻi: Palaoa
- עברית: ראשתן גדול ראש
- hrvatski: Ulješura
- magyar: Nagy ámbráscet
- հայերեն: Կաշալոտ
- Bahasa Indonesia: Ikan paus sperma
- Ido: Kashaloto
- íslenska: Búrhvalur
- italiano: Capodoglio
- 日本語: マッコウクジラ
- ქართული: კაშალოტი
- қазақша: Кашалот
- kalaallisut: Kigutilissuaq
- 한국어: 향고래
- Limburgs: Potvès
- lietuvių: Kašalotas
- latviešu: Kašalots
- монгол: Кашалот
- Bahasa Melayu: Paus sperma
- Nederlands: Potvis
- norsk nynorsk: Spermkval
- norsk: Spermhval
- Diné bizaad: Łóóʼtsoh bitsiiʼ dikʼání
- polski: Kaszalot
- پنجابی: سپرم وہیل
- português: Cachalote
- română: Cașalot
- русский: Кашалот
- srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Ulješura
- slovenčina: Vorvaň tuponosý
- slovenščina: Kit glavač
- српски / srpski: Уљешура
- svenska: Kaskelot
- ไทย: วาฬหัวทุย, วาฬสเปิร์ม
- Türkçe: İspermeçet balinası
- українська: Кашалот
- Tiếng Việt: Cá nhà táng
- 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: Boah-phang-keng
- 粵語: 抹香鯨
- 中文: 抹香鲸