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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Published in:ABRS 2001, "Census of Australian Vertebrates"
Synonym Source
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
Published in:Hershkovitz, P. 1966, "Catalog of living whales", Bulletin of the United States National Museum, vol. 246, viii 1-259
Catodon australis Wall, 1851 synonym
Published in:Hershkovitz, P. 1966, "Catalog of living whales", Bulletin of the United States National Museum, vol. 246, viii 1-259
Catodon (Meganeuron) krefftii Gray, 1865 synonym
Published in:Hershkovitz, P. 1966, "Catalog of living whales", Bulletin of the United States National Museum, vol. 246, viii 1-259
Common Name Source
Sperm Whale

mammals
Sperm Whale Australia
Sperm Whale
Sperm Whale
Sperm Whale

Vulnerable under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (Wildlife Conservation (Specially Protected Fauna) Notice 2018, schedule 3)
Name Source
Physeter macrocephalus synonym

Bare scientific name reallocated to Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 by taxonomy builder
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 inferred accepted

Unranked taxon assigned rank species by inference

Bare scientific name reallocated to Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 by taxonomy builder
Physeter macrocephalus inferred unplaced

Vulnerable under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (Wildlife Conservation (Specially Protected Fauna) Notice 2018, schedule 3)

Unranked taxon assigned rank species by inference

Bare scientific name reallocated to Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 by taxonomy builder
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted
Physeter macrocephalus inferred accepted

Scientific name reallocated to Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 by taxonomy builder
Physeter macrocephalus inferred accepted

mammals

Unranked taxon assigned rank species by inference

Scientific name reallocated to Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 by taxonomy builder
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus , 1758 accepted
Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e2705e7a-a83c-4d04-87d3-b793e79671d7 Taxon Concept current
ALA_DR650_239 Taxon current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e2705e7a-a83c-4d04-87d3-b793e79671d7 Taxon LSID unknown
ALA_DR18987_77 Taxon current
ALA_DR2201_146 Taxon current
SY_41119003_0 Taxon current
NZOR-6-115262 Taxon current
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e2705e7a-a83c-4d04-87d3-b793e79671d7 Taxon current
SY_41119003_0 Taxon Concept current
ALA_DR653_73 Taxon current
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e2705e7a-a83c-4d04-87d3-b793e79671d7 Taxon unknown
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/71d51e80-999b-4291-af0b-52b9ccf42a87 Scientific Name current
http://data.nzor.org.nz/names/41e0611b-3336-4c17-bed5-58926512b86a Scientific Name current

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
GNATHOSTOMATA
class
MAMMALIA
subclass
EUTHERIA
order
CETACEA
informal
ODONTOCETI
family
PHYSETERIDAE
genus
Physeter
species
Physeter macrocephalus
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