Cachalot
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see sperm whale.
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Sperm Whale - largest of the toothed whales, Physeter catodon, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is also called cachalot.
Brown Cachalote (Pseudoseisura lophotes)
The Brown Cachalote is distributed in north and central Argentina, southern Bolivia, western Paraguay, Uruguay and the extreme south of Brazil.
Common cachalot
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Also Called: Cachalot
The head of the sperm whale is its most distinctive feature. It is very blunt and square with a small lower jaw and can take up 1/3 of its total body length.
Also known as:
Cachalot
Sexual Dimorphism:
Males may be twice as large as females.
SPERM -Whale, or Cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus), the largest representative of the toothed whales, its length and bulk being about equal to, or somewhat exceeding those of the Arctic right-whale, from which, however, ...
Historically the Sperm whale has also been known as the Common Cachalot. The word cachalot is originally Portuguese (cachalote), probably coming from cachola, a colloquial term for head.
The sperm whale is one of the world's water giants and is found in ocean waters worldwide. Although historically known as the common cachalot, the sperm whale gets it's name from the waxy-liquid substance found in it's head, that is used in candles, ...
 See also: Sperm Whale, Squid, Whale, Octopus, Giant Squid
  
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