Physeter macrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Sperm whale by Henrik Bucher. Bucher was the illustrator of the Natural History Museum in Bergen in the second half of the 19th century. © University Museum in Bergen.

English

Sperm Whale; Spermacet whale; Trumpo

Portuguese

Cachalote; Espermacete (arch.)

Norwegian

Spermhval (bm); Spermkval (nn); Kaskelott; Spermasetthval (bm); Spermasettkval (nn)

North Sámi

Kaskelohtta

Icelandic

Búrhvalur

Dutch

Potvis; Potvisch (arch.); Potswal (arch.)

German

Pottwal

French

Cachalot ; Cachalot à dents en faucille; Cachalot à dents pointues; Cachalot macrocéphale

Spanish

Ballena esperma; Cachalote

Catalan

Catxalot

Italian

Capodoglio; Fisetere

Greek

Φυσητήρας; Σπερμοφάλαινα

References

• IUCN: Physeter macrocephalus
• OBIS: Physeter macrocephalus
• Vieira, N., P. Hayes & A. Matthews (2019). Facing Changes, Changing Targets: Sperm Whale Hunting in Late Eighteenth-Century Brazil. Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia (Autumn 2019), n. 44, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. http://www.environmentandsociety.org/arcadia/facing-changes-changing-targets-sperm-whale-hunting-late-eighteenth-century-brazil