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Taxon: Family Physeteridae Gray, 1821 - sperm whales (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name Gray, 1821:310.
Original rank
Original spelling

Types

Nominotypical taxon ofPhyseteroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Physeterinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Synonyms

Synonymous nameCatodontidae (Family) F. Cuvier, 1836 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous namePhyseterina (Family) (Gray, 1825) Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous namePhysodontidae (Family) Lydekker, 1894 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
IncludingKogiidae (Family) Gill, 1871 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1037.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namepotvissen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namesperm whales
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