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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Physeteridae Gray 1821
Family recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Physeteridae
Superfamily recognized by Protists in Singapore
Physeteridae
Recognized by iNaturalist, Timor Sea Species List, United Kingdom Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Skagerrak Species List, English Channel Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Ligurian Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Davis Strait Species List, Hudson Strait Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, The Netherlands Species List, South Africa Species List, Sweden Species List, Delete- old US Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Ireland Species List, Italy Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Mexico Species List, Morocco Species List, Faroe Islands Species List, France Species List, Ecuador Species List, Germany Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Belgium Species List, Benin Species List, Dominica Species List, Chile Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Argentina Species List, Austria Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Australia Species List, IUCN Structured Data, Denmark Species List, Norway Species List, NMNH Mammals, AnAge, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, Wildfinder (WWF), Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Greenland Species List, Japan Species List, OBIS environmental data records, Dynamic Hierarchy Synonyms, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Alboran Sea Species List, Furui 2020, and United States Species List
Physeteridae Gray 1821
Family recognized by TreatmentBank

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
? polycyphus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? poucheti 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
Catodontidae
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
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
Physeterina
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA and PBDB in DwCA
Physetodon M' Coy 1879
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Prophyseter Abel 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

sperm whales preferred
sperm whale
Recognized by PBDB in DwCA

Japanese

マッコウクジラ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020
マッコウクジラ preferred

Curated hierarchies for Physeteridae Gray 1821