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Taxon: Family Physeteridae Gray, 1821 - sperm whales (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Gray, 1821:310.
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Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Physeteroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Physeterinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Catodontidae (Family) F. Cuvier, 1836 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Physeterina (Family) (Gray, 1825) Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: †Physodontidae (Family) Lydekker, 1894 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Including: Kogiidae (Family) Gill, 1871 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1037.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: potvissen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: sperm whales
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