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GENUS Physeter

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 76.
Type Species:Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (= Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758) by subsequent selection (Palmer, 1904:5).
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SPECIES catodon

Synonyms:

    Catodon Linnaeus, 1761
    Cetus Billberg, 1828
    Meganeuron Gray, 1865
    Megistosaurus Anonymous in Harlan, 1828
    Physalus Lacépède, 1804

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