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Physeteridae (Cetacea)
Physeter macrocephalus
Linnaeus, 1758
Sperm Whale
Physeteridae (Cetacea)
The Singapore Whale is the first ever record of a sperm whale in the waters of the Malay Peninsula
Marcus Chua (above) & Jeremy Yeo (below)
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Identified By: Marcus Chua
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Vertebrata: Mammalia: Cetacea: Physeteridae (Sperm whales)
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Diet and mitochondrial DNA haplotype of a sperm whale (
Physeter macrocephalus
) found dead off Jurong Island, Singapore
Singapore Biodiversity Records
Sperm whale tooth at Pulau Subar Laut
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