Sperm Whale

Physeter macrocephalus

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Physeteridae

Genus

Physeter

IUCN status

VU

Distribution

Albania|Algeria|Angola|Antarctica|Antigua and Barbuda|Argentina|Australia|Bahamas|Bangladesh|Barbados|Belgium|Belize|Benin|Bonaire|Sint Eustatius|Saba|Brazil|Brunei|Cape Verde|Cameroon|Canada|Chile|China|Colombia|Comoros|Costa Rica|Croatia|Christmas Island|Curaçao|Cyprus|Denmark|Djibouti|Dominica|Dominican Republic|Ecuador|Egypt|El Salvador|Equatorial Guinea|Falkland Islands|Fiji|France|Gabon|Gambia|Ghana|Greece|Greenland|Grenada|Guatemala|Guinea|Guinea-Bissau|Guyana|Haiti|Honduras|Iceland|India|Indonesia|Iran|Ireland|Israel|Italy|Jamaica|Japan|Kenya|Kiribati|North Korea|South Korea|Lebanon|Liberia|Libya|Madagascar|Malaysia|Maldives|Malta|Marshall Islands|Mauritania|Mauritius|Mexico|Micronesia|Morocco|Mozambique|Namibia|Nauru|Netherlands|New Zealand|Nicaragua|Nigeria|Niue|Norway|Oman|Pakistan|Palau|Panama|Papua New Guinea|Peru|Philippines|Portugal|Russia|Saint Helena|Saint Kitts and Nevis|Saint Lucia|Sint Maarten|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Samoa|São Tomé and Príncipe|Senegal|Seychelles|Sierra Leone|Singapore|Slovenia|Solomon Islands|Somalia|South Africa|Spain|Sri Lanka|Suriname|Syria|Taiwan|Tanzania|Thailand|East Timor|Togo|Tonga|Trinidad and Tobago|Tunisia|Turkey|Tuvalu|United Kingdom|United States|Uruguay|Vanuatu|Venezuela|Vietnam|Yemen|American Samoa?|Anguilla?|Aruba?|Bermuda?|Bosnia and Herzegovina?|Cambodia?|Cayman Islands?|Cocos Islands?|Republic of the Congo?|Democratic Republic of the Congo?|Cook Islands?|Cote d'Ivoire?|Eritrea?|French Guiana?|French Polynesia?|Germany?|Guadeloupe?|Guam?|Martinique?|Mayotte?|Montenegro?|Montserrat?|Myanmar?|New Caledonia?|Norfolk Island?|Northern Marianas?|Palestine?|Pitcairn?|Puerto Rico?|Qatar?|Réunion?|Saudi Arabia?|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?|United Arab Emirates?|United States Virgin Islands?|British Virgin Islands?|Wallis and Futuna?

Realm

Marine

Other names: Cachalot|Pot Whale|Spermacet Whale

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