sperm whale
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Summary
sperm whale is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.021% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45,114 views/month, #40 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- Named after: spermaceti[4]
- IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[5]
- Parent taxon: Physeter[6]
- Taxon name: Physeter macrocephalus[7]
- Subclass of: whale[8]
- Commons category: Physeter macrocephalus[9]
- Start time: -3600000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Physeter macrocephalus[11]
- Commons gallery: Physeter macrocephalus[12]
- Main food source: Teuthida[13]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[20]
- This taxon is source of: ambergris[21], spermaceti[22], sperm oil[23]
- Short name: P. macrocephalus[24]
- Taxon common name: Sperm Whale[25], Ballena Esperma[26], Cachalote[27], Cachalot[28], Cachelot[29], Pot Whale[30], Spermacet Whale[31], 抹香鯨[32], 抹香鲸[33], spermhval[34], romu[35], кашалот[36], glavati kit[37], capodoglio[38]
- Gestation period: 15 month[39]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[40]
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Identifiers
sperm whale's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 74890[41]. sperm whale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559363[42]. sperm whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8123917[43]. sperm whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180488[44].
Discovery and Description
Things named for sperm whale include USS Cachalot[45], a fleet submarine[46] and Sperm Bluff[47], a cliff[48].
Why It Matters
sperm whale has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 124 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for it include USS Cachalot[45], a fleet submarine[46] and Sperm Bluff[47], a cliff[48].