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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Locality Unknown
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
From the coast of Australia., Australia, Australia, Locality Unknown
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR14205
Specimen Count:
1
Notes:
Van Beneden & Gervais 1880: Pl. 18, fig. 7-8
Drawing after a photograph by Krefft. Physeter macrocephalus. From the coast of Australia.
Record Last Modified:
20 Sep 2011
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Locality Unknown
Preparation:
Other
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Accession Number:
229369
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
571430
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
25 Apr 2013
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
South Pacific Ocean
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Cape Horn, Locality Unknown, Chile, South America, South Pacific Ocean
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR14203
Specimen Count:
1
Notes:
Van Beneden & Gervais 1880: Pl. 19, figs. 7-9
Anterior tip of lower jaw from Cape Horn, in Museum of Paris. Blainville.
Record Last Modified:
20 Sep 2011
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
South Pacific Ocean
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Aitutaki, Cook Islands, South Pacific Ocean
Collection Date:
17 Feb 2012
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR18227
Specimen Count:
1
Notes:
Hauser e-mail 20 II 2012
Record Last Modified:
29 Feb 2012
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Indian Ocean
Preparation:
mandibles
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Mauritius, Indian Ocean
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR14207
Specimen Count:
1
Notes:
Van Beneden & Gervais 1880: Pl. 19, fig. 10
Lower jaw of whale stranded at "Maurice Island". From the collection of the Museum of Paris. Pathological or genetic case (curved jaws).
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20 Sep 2011
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Locality Unknown, Locality unknown
Preparation:
Tooth or Tusk
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR14208
Specimen Count:
1
Notes:
Van Beneden & Gervais 1880: Pl. 20, fig. 5-8
sectioned teeth
Record Last Modified:
20 Sep 2011
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Locality Unknown, Locality unknown
Preparation:
mandibles
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR15404
Specimen Count:
1
Notes:
Van Beneden & Gervais 1880: Pl. 19, fig. 9
Right mandible in Museum of Paris.
Record Last Modified:
21 Sep 2011
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
I. Yokoyama
C. Ishikawa
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Pacific Ocean
Preparation:
Skull
Skeleton
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Kinkasan, Iwate, Japan, Asia, North Pacific Ocean
Collection Date:
9 Apr 1928
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Accession Number:
098925
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
253051
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
25 Apr 2013
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Locality Unknown
Preparation:
Partial Skeleton
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
Other Number : RCOC2454/5
USNM Number:
RCS2859
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
7 Jul 2011
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
South Pacific Ocean
Preparation:
Skull
Skeleton
Sex:
Male
Place:
Locality Unknown, South Coast, Tasmania, Australia, Australia, South Pacific Ocean
Collection Date:
1864
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
Other Number : STR04573?
USNM Number:
RCS2846
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
24 Oct 2012
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Locality Unknown, Locality unknown
Preparation:
mandibles
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR15403
Specimen Count:
1
Notes:
Van Beneden & Gervais 1880: Pl. 19, fig. 8
Anterior portion of mandible in Museum of Paris.
Record Last Modified:
21 Sep 2011
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Locality Unknown, Locality unknown
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR14204
Specimen Count:
1
Notes:
Van Beneden & Gervais 1880: Pl. 18, fig. 10
Meganeuron krefftii - atlas. Drawing after a photograph by Krefft.
Record Last Modified:
20 Sep 2011
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
South Pacific Ocean
Preparation:
Partial Skull
Remarks:
mandible
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Guafo, Isla De Chiloe, Los Lagos, Chile, South America, South Pacific Ocean
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Accession Number:
161897
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
270478
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
25 Apr 2013
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean
Preparation:
Skull
Partial Skeleton
Remarks:
No mandibles
Flippers, Sternum, Vertebrae, Scapulae
Sex:
Male
Place:
Ocean City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States, North America, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
8 Oct 1911
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Accession Number:
207833
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
Other Number : AN012548
Other Number : STR00793
USNM Number:
301634
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
23 Mar 2005
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
J. J. Duntor
J. W. Scollick
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean
Preparation:
Skull
Skeleton
Sex:
Female
Place:
Green Run Inlet, 3.25 Mi N Life Saving Station, Virginia, United States, North America, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
Dec 1891
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Accession Number:
025346
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
Other Number : STR00789
USNM Number:
A35315
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
7 Mar 2005
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Collector Unknown
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Audierne, France, Europe, North Atlantic Ocean
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR14206
Specimen Count:
1
Notes:
Van Beneden & Gervais 1880: Pl. 18, figs. 5-6, 9; 19, figs. 5-6a; 20, fig. 4
Incomplete flipper, basihyal, cervicals, skull, jaws, sagittal section of cervicals.
Record Last Modified:
20 Sep 2011
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
R. H. Pine
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean
Preparation:
Skull
Sex:
Female
Place:
Sandbridge, 5.5 Mi S, Dam Neck Naval Training Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States, North America, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
17 Apr 1969
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Accession Number:
283389
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : 5290
USNM Number:
395398
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
25 Apr 2013
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
Brian L.
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Pacific Ocean, Gulf Of Alaska
Sex:
Male
Place:
Kayak Island, midway between Cordova and Yakutat., Alaska, United States, North America, North Pacific Ocean
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
MME18683
Specimen Count:
1
Notes:
Skeleton on beach, including skull; sex is estimayed from the size of skull.
Record Last Modified:
22 Feb 2012
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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Collector:
D. Webb
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean
Preparation:
Photograph
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Saint Augustine, Saint Johns, Florida, United States, North America, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
1 Dec 1896
Taxonomy:
Animalia Animalia Animalia Chordata Chordata Mollusca Mammalia Mammalia Cephalopoda Cetacea Cetacea Octopodida Physeteridae Physeteridae Octopodidae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Physeter catodon giganteus
Octopus giganteus Verrill, 1897
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR10656
Specimen Count:
1
Record Last Modified:
8 Feb 2011
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Physeter catodon

Author:
Thompson, T
Type:
Citations
Date:
1829
Topic:
Stranding ?? Stranding forms
Sperm Whale
Distribution
Morphology--External morphology
External morphology--External illustration
External illustration
Taxonomy:
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Physeteridae--Physeter--catodon
Published in:
Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., ii, 1829, p. 477, fig. 114
Notes:
Original figure of specime stranded on Holderness coast in 1825; its skeleton is reported to be in the possession of Sir Clifford Constable and was later described by Beale (Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale, 1839, q.v.)
Data Source:
Marine Mammals Bibliography
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