Physeter macrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

English
Sperm Whale; Spermacet whale; Trumpo

Portuguese
Cachalote; Espermacete (arch.)

Norwegian
Spermhval (bokmål); Spermkval (nynorsk);
Kaskelott; Spermasetthval (bokmål); Spermasettkval
(nynorsk)

North Sámi
Kaskelohtta

Icelandic
Búrhvalur

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

Frisian
Potfisk

German
Pottwal¹

French
Cachalot²; Cachalot à dents en faucille; Cachalot à dents pointues; Cachalot macrocéphale

Spanish
Ballena esperma; Cachalote

Catalan
Catxalot

Italian
Capodoglio; Fisetere

Greek
Φυσητήρας; Σπερμοφάλαινα

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

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

Harrison, R. & M.M. Bryden, 1988. Wale und Delphine. Jahr-Verlag GmbH & Co., Hamburg. ↩︎
Duguy, R. & D. Robineau, 1973. Cétacés et phoques des côtes de France – Guide d’identification. Annales de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de la Charente-Maritime, Supplément, juin 1973. ↩︎