Name - Physeter macrocephalus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:73667 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758

• Physeter macrocephalus Kerr 1792

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Recent Publications

• Ship collision risk threatens whales across the world's oceans.
• Mass stranding of Sperm Whales Physeter macrocephalus on the Holderness coast, 24 December 2020.
• Distance matters to sperm whales: Behavioural disturbance in response to both sonar received level and source distance.
• Migration to breeding areas by male sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus from the Northeast Atlantic Arctic.
• Acoustic occurrence of deep-diving cetaceans in the southern Adriatic Sea.

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