Opportunistic sighting of a Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 in Lakshadweep Archipelago

Kamalakannan, Manokaran; Raheem, C.N. Abdul; Banerjee, Dhriti; Marimuthu, N.

doi:10.11609/jott.7962.14.8.21733-21735

J. Threat. Taxa

2022

DOI: 10.11609/jott.7962.14.8.21733-21735

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Opportunistic sighting of a Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 in Lakshadweep Archipelago

Manokaran Kamalakannan

C.N. Abdul Raheem

Dhriti Banerjee

et al.

Abstract: The Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus is the world’s largest toothed whale and the only living species of the genus, Physeter. We report an opportunistic sighting of a sperm whale with photographs from one of the recent protected areas (Pitti Islet) of Lakshadweep archipelago.

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Opportunistic sighting of a Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 in Lakshadweep Archipelago

Abstract: The Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus is the world’s largest toothed whale and the only living species of the genus, Physeter. We report an opportunistic sighting of a sperm whale with photographs from one of the recent protected areas (Pitti Islet) of Lakshadweep archipelago.

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