AnAge entry for Physeter macrocephalus

Classification (HAGRID: 01971)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Cetacea (Taxon entry)
                Family: Physeteridae
                    Genus: Physeter
Species: Physeter macrocephalus
Common name: Sperm whale
Synonyms: Physeter catodon, Physeter australasianus, Physeter australis

Maximum longevity: 77 years (wild)
Source: ref. 1
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: This whale has the biggest brain among mammals weighting about 9.2 Kg [0434].

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

No information on metabolism is available.

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[0817] Bielby et al. (2007), The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: an empirical reevaluation (PubMed)
[0963] McAuliffe and Whitehead (2005), Eusociality, menopause and information in matrilineal whales (PubMed)
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0447] Pieter Folkens et al. (2002), National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World
[0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction