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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Physeter catodon
Species recognized by Australia Species List, Benin Species List, Belgium Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, Denmark Species List, Ecuador Species List, Faroe Islands Species List, France Species List, Greenland Species List, Ireland Species List, Italy Species List, Morocco Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, South Africa Species List, Sweden Species List, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Davis Strait Species List, English Channel Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Hudson Strait Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Skagerrak Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, NCBI, Wildfinder (WWF), Adriatic Sea Species List, and United States Species List
Physeter macrocephalus
Species recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, Australia Species List, Belgium Species List, Chile Species List, Dominica Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Ireland Species List, Italy Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Portugal Species List, South Africa Species List, United Kingdom Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Mexico Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Davis Strait Species List, English Channel Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Ligurian Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, wikipedia NN, wikipedia LV, wikipedia IS, wikipedia SL, wikipedia GA, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia gl Galician, Milk Composition of Non Dairy Animals, Timor Sea Species List, and United States Species List
Physeter macrocephalus L. (1758)
Recognized by IABIN
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758
Physeter catodon
Physeter catodon (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by FAO species catalogs
Physeter catodon L. 1758
Physeter catodon Linnaeus
Recognized by NMNH type specimens
Physeter catodon Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by TreatmentBank
Physeter macrocephalus
Recognized by AnAge and Flickr BHL

Alternative Names

Physeter australasianus Desmoulins 1822
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Physeter australis Gray 1846
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Physeter catodon Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Physeter catodon catodon
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Physeter australasianus Desmoulins 1822
Physeter australis asiaticus Gray 1866
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Physeter australis Gray 1846
Physeter catodon australis Tomilin 1957
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Physeter catodon Linnaeus 1758
Physeter macrocephalus cinereus Kerr 1792
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Physeter macrocephalus niger Kerr 1792
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Physeter macrocephalus
Synonym according to NCBI
Catodon australis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Catodon colneti
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Catodon macrocephalus
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Catodon polycyphus
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Catodon svineval
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Catodon trumpo
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Meganeuron krefftii
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Megistosaurus ensiformis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Physalus cylindricus
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Physeter australasianus
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Physeter australasianus Desmoulins 1822
Physeter australasianus Desmoulins 1822
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Physeter australasianus Desmoulins 1822
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Physeter australis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Physeter australis Gray 1846
Physeter australis Gray 1846
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Physeter australis Gray 1846
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Physeter catodon
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Physeter catodon
Synonym according to CITES
Physeter catodon Linnaeus 1758
Physeter catodon Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Physeter catodon Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Physeter mular
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Physeter orthodon
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Physeter polycyphus
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Physeter tursio
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database

Common Names

English

Sperm Whale -- Sperm Whale
Sperm Whale
Cachalot
Recognized by CITES
Cachelot preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names
Pot Whale
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names
Spermacet Whale
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names
Whale
Recognized by Flickr BHL
palaoa
Recognized by Flickr BHL
whaletaxonomy:binomial=Physeter macrocephalustaxonomy:common=Sperm whale
Recognized by Flickr BHL
chocolate whale
spermacet whale
trompe whale

Afrikaans

Potvis preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Albanian

Kashaloti preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
kashalot

Arabic

حوت العنبر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

Կաշալոտ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Asturian

Cachalote preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Kaşalot preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Basque

Kaxalote preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Кашалот preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
кашалёт

Bengali

আম্বর মাছ (তিমি) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Breton

C'hwezher bras preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

кашалот preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

catxalot preferred

Chinese

抹香鯨 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Corsican

Capodogliu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Ulješura preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
ulješura

Czech

vorvaň obrovský preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

kaskelothval preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
kaskelot
spermacethval

Dutch; Flemish

potvis preferred
kaizilot
potvisch

Esperanto

Kaĉaloto preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

Kašelott preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Faroese

Augustur preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Kaskelotti preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Cachalot preferred
cachalot à dents en faucille preferred
cachalot à dents pointues
cachalot

Galician

cachalote preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

კაშალოტი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Pottwal preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

φυσητήρας preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
fysitiras
Φυσητήρας

Hebrew

ראשתן גדול-ראש preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

nagy ámbráscet preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Búrhvalur preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
búrhvalur
tweld-hval

Ido

Kashaloto preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Indonesian

paus sperma preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
paus lodan

Irish

caisealóid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

capodoglio preferred
cascialotto
fisetere
organante

Japanese

マッコウクジラ preferred
makko kujira

Javanese

Iwak paus sperma preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kalaallisut; Greenlandic

Kigutilissuaq preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
kegutilik
kigitulik

Kazakh

Кашалот preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Кашалот preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

향고래 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
hyang-gorae

Latvian

Kašalots preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish

Potvès preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lingua Franca Nova

Caxalote preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Kašalotas preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
kašalotas

Low Saxon

Pottwaal preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

кашалот preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malagasy

trozona amam-taimbo preferred
trozona be loha

Malay

Paus sperma preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

സ്പേം തിമിംഗലം preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Maltese

gabdoll preferred

Mongolian

Кашалот preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Łóóʼtsoh bitsiiʼ dikʼání preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

spermhval preferred
spermkval preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
bardhvalur preferred
burdhvalur
burr-hval
huns-hval
kascelot
kaskelot
knobbe-herre
storhufd
sue-hval preferred

Occitan (post 1500)

Cachalòt preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

نهنگ عنبر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

kaszalot spermacetowy preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
olbrotowick
potwal olbrotowiec

Portuguese

Cachalote preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names
cachalote

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Cașalot preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Кашалот preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
bolshoi plavun
kashalot
spermatsetovyi kit
wolkmorskoi

Serbian

уљешура preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shambala

Ulješura preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sindhi

bahran preferred

Slovak

Vorvaň tuponosý preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Cachalote preferred
Ballena esperma
Recognized by CITES
Ballena Esperma preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Kit glavač preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
ballena esperma
cachalote
chacalote
kit glavač

Swedish

kaskelot preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names
pottfisk

Tajik

Анбарзо preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tamil

எண்ணைத் திமிங்கிலம் preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
ratchatha thimingalam

Thai

วาฬสเปิร์ม preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
plawan huathui

Turkish

İspermeçet balinası preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
ispermecet balinasi
ispermecet balinası
ispermeçet
kaşalot

Ukrainian

Кашалот preferred

Urdu

Sperm whale preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Uzbek

Kashalot preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Cá nhà táng preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Welsh

Morfil Sberm preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
morfil sberm

Wu

抹香鲸 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ale

adagig preferred
aggadakhgik

Arz

حوت العنبر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bcc

bahran preferred

Ces

vorvaň obrovský preferred
vorvaň tuponosý

Ckb

نەھەنگی عەنبەر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

De Ch

Pottwal preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

En Ca

Sperm whale preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

En Gb

Sperm whale preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kat

chigat preferred

Kpy

koiapchak preferred

Nan

Boah-phang-keng preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

سپرم وہیل preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pt Br

Cachalote preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yue

抹香鯨 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

抹香鲸 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

抹香鲸 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

抹香鯨 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758