kingdom Animalia > phylum Chordata > subphylum Vertebrata > infraphylum Gnathostomata > class Mammalia > subclass Theria > order Cetartiodactyla > suborder Cetancodonta > infraorder Cetacea > superfamily Odontoceti > family Physeteridae > genus Physeter > species Physeter macrocephalus
| Rank | Species |
| Status | accepted |
| Aphia ID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137119 |
| BOLD ID | 360977 |
| NCBI ID | 9755 |
| Common names | adagig, aggadakhgik, anbar, bahran, bahran, ballena esperma, bardhvalur, bolshoi plavun, burdhvalur, búrhvalur, burr-hval, cachalot, cachalot à dents en faucille, cachalot à dents pointues, cachalote, cachalote, capodoglio, cascialotto, catxalot, chacalote, chigat, chocolate whale, fiseter, fisetere, fysitiras, gabdoll, guapo, huns-hval, hyang-gorae, ispermeçet, ispermecet balinasi, ispermecet balinası, kaizilot, kasalot, kaşalot, kašalotas, kascelot, kashalot, kashalot, kaskelot, kaskelot, kegutilik, kigitulik, kit glavač, knobbe-herre, koiapchak, makko kujira, morfil sberm, olbrotowick, organante, paus lodan, plawan huathui, potfisk, Pottfisch, pottfisk, Pottwal, potvis, potvis, potvisch, potwal olbrotowiec, ratchatha thimingalam, roshtan, spermacethval, spermacet whale, spermatsetovyi kit, spermhval, sperm whale, storhufd, sue-hval, trompe whale, trozona amam-taimbo, trozona be loha, trumpo, tweld-hval, ulješura, vorvaň obrovský, vorvaň tuponosý, wolkmorskoi, Φυσητήρας, Кашалот, マッコウクジラ |
| Environments |
marine, |
| IUCN Red List | VU |
| Occurrence records | 103,732 | |
| Species level | 103,732 |
|
| Absence records | 40 | |
| Species | 1 | |
| Taxa | 1 | |
| Datasets | 355 | |
| Time range | 1758 - 2024 |
| Dropped records | 110 |
|
| Not marine | 0 |
|
| Marine unsure | 0 |
|
| No coordinates | 110 |
|
| Zero coordinates | 0 |
|
| Marine unsure | 0 |
|
| No accepted name available | 0 |
|
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 38,199 | 46 |
|
| decimalLatitude | 109 | 0 |
|
| decimalLongitude | 110 | 0 |
|
| eventDate | 871 | 0 |
|
| maximumDepthInMeters | 69,703 | 116 |
|
| minimumDepthInMeters | 69,744 | 116 |
|
| occurrenceStatus | 431 | 0 |
|
| scientificNameID | 307 | 1,610 |
|
| Records on land | 956 |
|
| More than 20 km from shore | 129 |
|
| Depth exceeds bathymetric depth | 293 |
|
| Dataset | Records |
|---|---|
|
Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913
Published 2023-02-08 |
21,630 |
|
Long-term cetacean monitoring in the Azores based on whale watching observations (2009-2020)
Published 2024-09-09 |
18,534 |
|
HMAP Dataset 04: World Whaling
Published 2024-09-09 |
15,416 |
|
Historic whale catch data from Australian whaling stations (1925-1978)
Published 2023-06-28 |
14,638 |
|
Happywhale - Sperm whale in North Atlantic Ocean
Published 2024-10-16 |
6,924 |
|
BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) S-Tag Argos Telemetry
Published 2021-04-24 |
3,171 |
|
BOEM Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS) S-Tag sperm whale trackings 2002-2004
Published 2021-04-24 |
2,069 |
|
POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Marine mammal sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 1998 on: during navigation or search mode
Published 2024-09-09 |
2,022 |
|
Incidental sightings of marine mammals
Published 2024-09-09 |
1,689 |
|
Whale catches in the Southern Ocean
Published 2021-05-12 |
1,512 |