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Sperm whale

LC control no.sh 85126535
LC classificationQL737.C435 Zoology
Topical headingSperm whale
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Variant(s)Black whale
Cachalot
Great sperm whale
Physeter catodon
Physeter macrocephalus
See alsoPhyseter
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Found inCorbet, G.B. World list mamm. species, 1991: p. 120 (Physeter macrocephalus (catodon), Sperm whale)
Tinker, S.W. Whales of the world, 1988: p. 216 (Great sperm whale, also known as the Cachalot. Physeter macrocephalus)
Web. 3 (sperm whale: a large toothed whale (Physeter catodon syn. P. macrocephalus). Called also black whale)