Sperm Whale
"Sperm Whale" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The species Physeter catodon (also called Physeter macrocephalus), in the family Physeteridae. The common name is derived from the milky wax substance in its head (spermaceti). The species also produces an intestinal secretion AMBERGRIS, which was previously used in perfumes. The sperm whale is the largest toothed MAMMAL in the world.
| Descriptor ID |
D050661
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Sperm Whale- Sperm Whale
- Whale, Sperm
- Physeter macrocephalus
- Physeter catodon
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Cantor M, Shoemaker LG, Cabral RB, Flores CO, Varga M, Whitehead H. Multilevel animal societies can emerge from cultural transmission. Nat Commun. 2015 Sep 08; 6:8091.