Conservation Status

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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
  • AFD
Synonym Source
Catodon (Meganeuron) krefftii Gray, 1865 synonym
  • AFD
Catodon australis Wall, 1851 synonym
  • AFD
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
  • AFD
Common Name Source
Sperm Whale preferred Australia Australia
Sperm Whale Australia Australia
  • AFD
Sperm Whale
Name Source
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted
  • AFD
Physeter macrocephalus accepted

Scientific name reallocated to Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 by taxonomy builder
Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e2705e7a-a83c-4d04-87d3-b793e79671d7 Taxon Concept current
  • AFD
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e2705e7a-a83c-4d04-87d3-b793e79671d7 Taxon unknown
  • AFD
41119003 CAAB Code current
  • CAAB
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e2705e7a-a83c-4d04-87d3-b793e79671d7 Taxon current
  • AFD
ALA_DR22891_59 Taxon current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e2705e7a-a83c-4d04-87d3-b793e79671d7 Taxon LSID unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/71d51e80-999b-4291-af0b-52b9ccf42a87 Scientific Name current
  • AFD

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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