Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 128-129

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Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 —Sperm Whale, cachalot

Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 p .76; Type locality- Middenpiat, Netherland; Kuroda, 1938 p.13; Ellerman & Morrison-

Scott, 1951 p.721; Won, 1968 p.230. P. macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 p .76; Type locality- North Atlantic (European Seas); Kim et al., 2000 p.70; Kim, 2004 p.227.

Range: The sperm whale has a sporadically occurrence in the seas surrounding Korea ( Kim 2004; Fig. 84). A group of eight sperm whales occurred in the East Sea, 15 km from Pohang in 2004 (Dr. H. S. Sohn, Korean Cetacean Research Institute, Pers. Comm.). One dead individual beached on Ui-do (island) in the southern Yellow Sea in 2005 (Mokpo Coast Guard, unpublished data).

Remarks: Linnaeus used both P. catodon and P. macrocephalus to designate the sperm whale. Physeter catodon has line priority, whereas Linnaeus used P. macrocephalus for the type specimen. Here, we followed the taxonomy of Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Conservation status: The South Korean government designated the sperm whale a Protected Marine Species in 2007. CITES currently lists the species on Appendix I under P. microcephalus . Based on our information, North Korea is not involved in the conservation of this whale.

References

Kim, Z. G., Lee, J. U., Baik, C. I., Sohn, H. S., Park, C. S., Lee, D. W., Choi, K. H., Hong, B. Q., Kim, S. T., Park, J. H., Cho, Y. M., Cha, H. K. & Hwang, K. S. (2000) Whales and Dolphins off Korean Peninsula. National Fisheries Research & Development Institute, Busan, 137 pp. [in Korean]

Kim, Z. G. (2004) Suborder Pinnipedia & Order Cetacea. In: Won, B. O. (Ed.), The mammals of Korea. Dongbang Media Press, Seoul, pp. 184 - 254. [in Korean]

Kuroda, N. (1938) A list of the Japanese Mammals. Published by Author, Tokyo, 122 pp.

Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Fol. 1. 10 th Edition. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp. [in Latin]

Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (Eds.) (2005) Mammal species of the world, 3 rd Ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2000 pp.

Won, H. K. (1968) The mammals of Korea. Institute of Science Press, Pyeongyang, 408 pp. [in Korean]