Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Physeter Linnaeus 1758

Description

Physeter Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:76.

TYPE SPECIES: Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (= Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758) by subsequent selection (Palmer, 1904:5).

SYNONYMS: Catodon, Cetus, Meganeuron, Megistosaurus, Physalus.

Notes

Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 359, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352970

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Biodiversity

Family
Physeteridae
Genus
Physeter
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Cetacea
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Physeter Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Mead & Brownell, 1993