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Names and sources
Accepted Name | Source |
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Physeter macrocephalus |
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Synonym | Source |
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Catodon (Meganeuron) krefftii synonym |
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Catodon australis synonym |
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Physeter catodon synonym |
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Common Name | Source |
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Sperm Whale preferred Australia Australia | |
Sperm Whale Australia Australia |
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Sperm Whale |
Name | Source |
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Physeter macrocephalus accepted |
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Physeter macrocephalus accepted | |
Scientific name reallocated to Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 by taxonomy builder |
Identifier | Source |
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41119003 CAAB Code current |
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urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e2705e7a-a83c-4d04-87d3-b793e79671d7 Taxon LSID unknown |
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http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e2705e7a-a83c-4d04-87d3-b793e79671d7 Taxon unknown |
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e2705e7a-a83c-4d04-87d3-b793e79671d7 Taxon Concept current |
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ALA_DR22891_59 Taxon current | |
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e2705e7a-a83c-4d04-87d3-b793e79671d7 Taxon current |
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/71d51e80-999b-4291-af0b-52b9ccf42a87 Scientific Name current |
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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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