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paus sperma
Also known as cachalot, Physeter macrocephalus, spermaceti whale
spesies mamalia
AI overview
The sperm whale is the largest toothed whale in the world, living in the deep oceans where it hunts for food. These massive marine mammals are significant parts of ocean ecosystems and have long captured human interest through scientific study and cultural references like the novel Moby Dick.
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Species
chocolate whale
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCetartiodactyla
- FamilyPhyseteridae
Habitatmarine
Conservationvulnerable
Observations3,804
Chile Central
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Research
1,708 papers- Sperm whale clans and human societies.ReviewRoyal Society open science · 2024Whitehead HDOI: 10.1098/rsos.231353
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Categories
Animals that use echolocationAnimal taxa named by Carl LinnaeusApex predatorsCitation overkillCosmopolitan mammalsEDGE speciesESA endangered speciesFauna listed on CITES Appendix IIUCN Red List vulnerable speciesMammals described in 1758Sperm whalesSymbols of ConnecticutTaxonbars with 25–29 taxon IDs