Physeteroidea
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Physeteroidea is a superfamily that includes three extant species of whales: the sperm whale, in the genus Physeter, and the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale, in the genus Kogia. In the past, these genera have sometimes been united in a single family, the Physeteridae, with the two Kogia species in the subfamily Kogiinae; however, recent practice is to allocate the genus Kogia to its own family, the Kogiidae, leaving the Physeteridae as a monotypic (single extant species) family, although additional fossil representatives of both families are known.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Physeteroidea is referenced by 531 other articles, and connects out to Ziphiidae, Delphinidae and Cetacea.
It is catalogued under topics including Extant Chattian first appearances, Physeteroidea and Taxa named by John Edward Gray.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Odontoceti
- Image
- Sperm whale 12.jpg
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- taxon name
- Physeteroidea
- taxon rank
- superfamily
- topic's main category
- Category:Physeteroidea
- Commons category
- Physeteroidea
- start time
- 25000000-0
- temporal range start
- Oligocene
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Article · Português
Physeteroidea é uma superfamília da subordem dos odontocetos que inclui três espécies: cachalote, cachalote-anão e cachalote-pigmeu. Existem três interpretações taxonómicas diferentes relativamente a esta superfamília: 1 - As três espécies são membros da família Kogiidae.2 - Physeteridae é uma única família com a subfamília Kogiinae.3 - São considerada duas famílias na superfamília Physeteroidea: Physeteridae e Kogiidae. Esta superfamília inclui espécies fósseis.
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