Sperm whale

IUCN global conservation status: Vulnerable
ACCOBAMS/IUCN global conservation status: Endangered
Mediterranean: RegularBlack Sea: Absent

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

   Scientific:

From Greek physeter = phusa = wind and, by extension, phûseter = blower, and makro= large and képhalé= head

   Common:

From Basque cachau = large head