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    Genus Accepted

    Physeter Linnaeus, 1758

    True Sperm Whales
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Physeteridae

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Capodoglio Italian
      Kaszalot Polish
      Pottwale German
      True Sperm Whales English
      sperm whales English
      Кашалоты Russian
      ראשתן Hebrew
      マッコウクジラ属 Japanese
      抹香鯨屬 Chinese

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. Published in
      WoRMS (Mar. (2013).
      Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner. (1987). Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, No. 166.
      Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1993). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd Ed., 3rd Printing.
      Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1865
      Harlan, 1828
      Dict. Sci. Nat., 59 [ed. 2]
      Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp.
      as per synonymized taxon.
      Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).

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