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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
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Published in:Hershkovitz, P. 1966, "Catalog of living whales", Bulletin of the United States National Museum, vol. 246, viii 1-259 p116 (for synonyms based on non-Australian material)
Synonym Source
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
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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
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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
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Published in:Gray, J.E. 1865, "Notice of a new species of Australian Sperm Whale (Catodon krefftii) in the Sydney Museum", Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 1865, 439-442 p440
Common Name Source
Sperm Whale Australia Australia
Sperm Whale Australia Australia
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Name Source
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted
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Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3b2acd1a-e4f6-4456-b33b-8027263a0e1e Taxon current
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/78f2b112-7323-4fa2-ac14-4140e970bc3a Scientific Name current
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41119003 CAAB Code current
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3b2acd1a-e4f6-4456-b33b-8027263a0e1e Taxon Concept current
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http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3b2acd1a-e4f6-4456-b33b-8027263a0e1e Taxon unknown
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urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3b2acd1a-e4f6-4456-b33b-8027263a0e1e Taxon LSID unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e2705e7a-a83c-4d04-87d3-b793e79671d7 Taxon unknown
  • Identifiers from 2023 Taxonomy

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
class
MAMMALIA
subclass
EUTHERIA
order
ARTIODACTYLA
suborder
WHIPPOMORPHA
infraorder
CETACEA
unranked
Odontoceti
family
PHYSETERIDAE
genus
Physeter
species
Physeter macrocephalus
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