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Sperm Whales

Physeteridae Gray 1821

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Physeteridae Gray 1821
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Physeteridae
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Physeteridae
Recognized by AnAge articles, Natural History Museum Species of the day, INBio, IABIN, Fitzpatrick Institute of Ornithology Virtual Museum, Austria Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Australia Species List, Benin Species List, Belgium Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, Denmark Species List, Dominica Species List, Ecuador Species List, Faroe Islands Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Greenland Species List, Ireland Species List, Italy Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Morocco Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru 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, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay 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, Irish Sea Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Ligurian Sea 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, Philippine Sea 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, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington, OBIS environmental data records, Adriatic Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, United States Species List, and English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa
Physeteridae Gray 1821
Family recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

? acutidens von Meyer, 1859
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ambiguum Brandt, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? annulatus Du Bus, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? arcuatus Du Bus, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? bolzanensis Dal Piaz, 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cornutidens Leidy, 1856
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? coronatus Du Bus, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dubusii Van Beneden, 1877
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? fusiformis Du Bus, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? grandis Du Bus, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? mediatlanticus Cope, 1895
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? minor Portis, 1886
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? minutus Du Bus, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pachyodon Du Bus, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? patagonicus Lydekker, 1894
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? perpenguis Pilleri & Pilleri, 1982
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pouchetti Moreno, 1892
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? quadratidens Leidy, 1853
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? semseyi Bockh, 1899
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? shigensis Hirota & Barnes, 1995
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? suessii Brandt, 1871
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vetus Leidy, 1869
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? villersii Du Bus, 1867
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? zonatus Du Bus, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Balaenodon Owen 1846
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Helvicetus Pilleri 1986
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hypocetus Lydekker 1894
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Miokogia Pilleri 1986
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Naganocetus Bianucci & Landini 2006
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Orcopsis Beneden 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Physeteridae
Harvest ancestor according to Arkive, FAO Fishery Statistics, Animal Diversity Web, Conabio, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, CITES, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Physetodon M'Coy 1879
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Prophyseter Abel 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

sperm whales preferred
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web and English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa
Sperm whales
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Sperm Whales
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
True Sperm Whales
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Arabic

حيتان العنبر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Kaşalotlar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Basque

fiseterido preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Кашалётавыя preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Breton

C'hwezher preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

кашалотови preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

抹香鲸科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
抹香鯨科 preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Czech

vorvaňovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Danish

Spermacethvaler preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Dutch; Flemish

potvissen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Potvissen preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Finnish

Kaskelotit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
kaskelotit preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

French

Physétéridés preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Galician

Fiseteroideos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Pottwale preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

ראשתניים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Hungarian

ámbráscetfélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Japanese

マッコウクジラ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, World Register of Marine Species, and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Кашалот сымалдуулар preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

향고래상과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
향고래과 preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Latvian

Kašalotu virsdzimta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

spermhvalfamilien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
spermkvalfamilien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Spermhvalfamilien preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Persian

عنبرنهنگیان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Kaszalotowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
kaszalotowate preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Portuguese

Cachalotes preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Russian

кашалотовые preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Кашалотовые preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Slovak

Vorvaňovité preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Cachalotes preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Swedish

Kaskeloter preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

İspermeçet balinasıgiller preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Кашалотові preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Unspecified

odayoleem preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Liên họ Cá nhà táng preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

حيتان العنبر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

抹香鲸科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Zh Hans

抹香鲸科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

抹香鯨科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

抹香鯨科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

抹香鯨科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Physeteridae Gray 1821

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Cetartiodactyla
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Physeteridae Gray 1821 (this page)
Physeter Linnaeus 1758
Agorophiidae
Albireonidae
Allodelphinidae
Ashleycetidae
Dalpiazinidae
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Eoplatanistidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Iniidae Gray 1846
Kentriodontidae
Kogiidae Gill 1871
Lipotidae
Mirocetidae
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Odobenocetopsidae
Patriocetidae
Phocoenidae
Platanistidae Gray 1846
Pontoporiidae
Prosqualodontidae
Simocetidae
Squalodelphinidae
Squalodontidae
unclassified Odontoceti
Waipatiidae
Xenorophidae
Ziphiidae

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Physeteridae Gray 1821 (this page)
Physeter Linnaeus 1758
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Hyperoodontidae Gray 1846
Iniidae Gray 1846
Kogiidae Gill 1871
Lipotidae Zhou, Qian & Li 1978
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Phocoenidae Gray 1825
Platanistidae Gray 1846
Pontoporiidae Gray 1870

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Physeteridae Gray 1821 (this page)
Physeter Linnaeus 1758
Agorophiidae
Albireonidae
Allodelphinidae
Ashleycetidae
Dalpiazinidae
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Eoplatanistidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Iniidae Gray 1846
Kentriodontidae
Kogiidae Gill 1871
Lipotidae
Mirocetidae
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Odobenocetopsidae
Patriocetidae
Phocoenidae
Platanistidae Gray 1846
Pontoporiidae
Prosqualodontidae
Simocetidae
Squalodelphinidae
Squalodontidae
unclassified Odontoceti
Waipatiidae
Xenorophidae
Ziphiidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Physeteridae Gray 1821 (this page)
Physeter Linnaeus 1758
Agorophiidae
Albireonidae
Allodelphinidae
Ashleycetidae
Dalpiazinidae
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Eoplatanistidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Iniidae Gray 1846
Kentriodontidae
Kogiidae Gill 1871
Lipotidae
Mirocetidae
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Odobenocetopsidae
Patriocetidae
Phocoenidae
Platanistidae Gray 1846
Pontoporiidae
Prosqualodontidae
Simocetidae
Squalodelphinidae
Squalodontidae
unclassified Odontoceti
Waipatiidae
Xenorophidae
Ziphiidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Physeteridae (this page)
Aprixokogia Whitmore & Kaltenbach 2008
Aulophyseter Kellogg 1928
Brygmophyseter Barnes 2006
Diaphorocetus Ameghino 1894
Ferecetotherium Mchedlidze 1970
Hoplocetus Gervais (1848)
Idiophyseter Kellogg 1925
Idiorophus Kellogg 1925
Kogiopsis Kellogg 1929
Orycterocetus Leidy 1853
Pachyacanthus Brandt 1871
Physeter Linnaeus 1758
Physeterula Beneden 1877
Physodon Gervais 1872
Placoziphius van Beneden 1869
Praekogia Barnes 1973
Preaulophyseter Caviglia & Jorge 1980
Priscophyseter Portis 1886
Scaldicetus Du Bus 1867
Scaphokogia de Muizon 1988
Thalassocetus Abel 1905
Zygophyseter Bianucci & Landini 2006
Acrodelphidae
Acrodelphinidae
Acrophyseter Lambert, Bianucci & de Muizon 2008
Aetiocetidae
Agorophiidae
Albireonidae
Allodelphinidae
Alpherat bramblei
Ambulocetidae
Amphiptera Giglioli 1870
Ashleycetidae
Awadelphis Murakami 2016
Balaenidae
Balaenodontae
Balaenopteridae
Basilosauridae
Brujadelphis Lambert et al. 2017
Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriopsidae
Coronodon Geisler et al. 2017
Dalpiazinidae
Delphinidae
Diorocetus Kellogg 1968
Eomysticetidae
Eoplatanistidae
Eschrichtiidae
Eudelphis de Bus 1872
Eurhinodelphidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Graamocetus Hoch 2004
Halicetus Kellogg 1969
Hapalodectidae
Hemisyntrachelidae
Herentalia Bisconti 2014
Herpetocetus van Beneden 1872
Hyperoodontidae
Hypognathodontidae
Imerocetus Mchedlidze 1964
Iniidae
Inticetidae
Isocetus Van Beneden 1880
Isthminia Pyenson et al. 2015
Janjucetidae
Kentriodontidae
Kogiidae
Kurdalagonus Tarasenko & Lopatin 2012
Lipotidae
Livyatan Lambert, Bianucci, Post, de Muizon, Salas-Gismondi, Urbina & Reumer 2010
Llanocetidae
Mammalodontidae
Mesonychidae
Mirocetidae
Monodontidae
Mystacodontidae
Neobalaenidae
Neoballaenidae
Neosqualodon Dal Piaz 1904
Odobenocetopsidae
Palaeobalaena Moreno 1882
Patriocetidae
Phococetus Gervais 1876
Phocoenidae
Piscocetus Pilleri & Pilleri 1989
Platanistidae
Pontoporiidae
Prosqualodontidae
Protocetidae
Pterobalaenidae
Remingtonocetidae
Rhabdosteidae
Rhynchoceti
Sachalinocetus Dubrovo 1971
Saurocetus Agassiz 1848
Simocetidae
Squalodelphidae
Squalodelphinidae
Squalodontidae
Tiphyocetus Kellogg 1931
Titanocetus Bisconti 2006
Tranatocetidae
Triisodontidae
Waipatiidae
Xenorophidae
Zignodelphidae
Ziphiidae
Zygiocetus Tarasenko 2014

iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Life
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Laurasiatheria
Artiodactyla
Whippomorpha
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Physeteroidea
Physeteridae (this page)
Physeter
Kogiidae

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Physeteridae Gray 1821 (this page)
Physeter Linnaeus 1758
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Hyperoodontidae Gray 1846
Iniidae Gray 1846
Kogiidae Gill 1871
Lipotidae Zhou, Qian & Li 1978
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Phocoenidae Gray 1825
Platanistidae Gray 1846
Pontoporiidae Gray 1870

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetartiodactyla
Physeteridae (this page)
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758
Physeter macrocephalus Mediterranean subpopulation Linnaeus 1758
Antilocapridae
Balaenidae
Balaenopteridae
Bovidae
Camelidae
Cervidae
Delphinidae
Eschrichtiidae
Giraffidae
Hippopotamidae
Iniidae
Kogiidae
Lipotidae
Monodontidae
Moschidae
Neobalaenidae
Phocoenidae
Platanistidae
Pontoporiidae
Suidae
Tayassuidae
Tragulidae
Ziphiidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Artiodactyla
Whippomorpha
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Physeteridae (this page)
Kogia
Physeter
Delphinidae
Iniidae
Lipotidae
Monodontidae
Phocoenidae
Platanistidae
Pontoporiidae
Ziphiidae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Physeteroidea
Physeteridae (this page)
Albicetus
Aulophyseterinae
Catodon
Physeter
Physeterinae
Catodontidae
Cozzuoliphyseter
Kogiidae
Physeterina

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetartiodactyla
Physeteridae (this page)
Balaenidae
Balaenidae
Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae Gray 1864
Cetacea Brisson 1762
Cetancodonta Arnason, Gullberg, Gretasdottir, Ursing & Janke 2000
Delphinidae
Delphinidae Gray 1821
Eschrichtiidae
Eschrichtiidae Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951
Kogiidae
Kogiidae Gill 1871
Monodontidae
Monodontidae Gray 1821
Mysticeti Flower 1864
Mysticeti incertae sedis
Neobalaenidae
Neobalaenidae Gray 1873
Odontoceti Flower 1867
Phocoenidae
Phocoenidae
Physeteridae
Pontoporiidae
Pontoporiidae Gray 1870
Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae Gray 1850
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