Sperm Whale

Physeter macrocephalus

Category: Whales & Dolphins

IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild

Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetartiodactyla

Family

Physeteridae

Genus

Physeter

Wikipedia

WoRMS Database

Where to Find

Found in 156 diving areas across 78 countries and 10 regions.

• Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
• South Australia, Australia - 31 records
• Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 37 records
• Victoria, Australia - 23 records
• Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 5 records
• Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 9 records
• Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 21 records
• Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 34 records
• Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 6 records
• Kaikōura, New Zealand - 155 records
• Sandy Island, Anguilla - 6 records
• Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 4 records
• Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 5 records
• Abaco, Bahamas - 36 records
• Andros, Bahamas - 63 records
• Bimini, Bahamas - 3 records
• Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 15 records
• Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 16 records
• Long Island, Bahamas - 5 records
• Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 239 records
• North Shore, Bermuda - 4 records
• Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 4 records
• Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 10 records
• Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 7 records
• Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 1 records
• Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 2 records
• Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 12 records
• María la Gorda, Cuba - 4 records
• Varadero, Cuba - 4 records
• Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 4 records
• Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 233 records
• Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 134 records
• Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 12 records
• Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 5 records
• Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 7 records
• Carriacou, Grenada - 17 records
• Southwest Coast, Grenada - 16 records
• Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 147 records
• Diamond Rock, Martinique - 44 records
• Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 118 records
• Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
• St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 18 records
• Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 11 records
• Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 7 records
• St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 2 records
• Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 15 records
• Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 1 records
• St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 6 records
• St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 6 records
• Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
• Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 2 records
• Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 2 records
• Coiba National Park, Panama - 3 records
• Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
• Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 17 records
• Fakarava, French Polynesia - 2 records
• Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 19 records
• Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 22 records
• Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 3 records
• Phoenix Islands, Kiribati - 8 records
• Kosrae, Micronesia - 4 records
• Pohnpei, Micronesia - 6 records
• Niue West Coast, Niue - 12 records
• Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
• Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 7 records
• Upolu, Samoa - 4 records
• Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
• Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 9 records
• Tongatapu, Tonga - 3 records
• Vava'u Group, Tonga - 4 records
• Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
• Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
• East Coast, South Korea - 1 records
• Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
• Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
• Sal, Cape Verde - 6 records
• Santiago, Cape Verde - 1 records
• Grande Comore, Comoros - 4 records
• Moheli, Comoros - 5 records
• Andaman Islands, India - 4 records
• Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
• Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
• Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 17 records
• Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 8 records
• Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 20 records
• Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
• Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
• Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
• Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 13 records
• Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 4 records
• Inner Islands, Seychelles - 50 records
• Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 16 records
• KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
• Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 14 records
• Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 9 records
• Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
• Mafia Island, Tanzania - 7 records
• Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 4 records
• Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 1 records
• Larnaca, Cyprus - 1 records
• Corsica, France - 89 records
• Marseille & Calanques, France - 22 records
• Dodecanese, Greece - 6 records
• Zakynthos & Ionian Islands, Greece - 2 records
• Strytan & North Iceland, Iceland - 69 records
• South Coast, Ireland - 3 records
• West Coast, Ireland - 3 records
• Naples & Campania, Italy - 3 records
• Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 69 records
• Sardinia, Italy - 29 records
• Ustica, Italy - 2 records
• Al Hoceima, Morocco - 17 records
• Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 85 records
• Azores, Portugal - 19142 records
• Balearic Islands, Spain - 42 records
• Cabo de Palos, Spain - 3 records
• Canary Islands, Spain - 24 records
• Tabarka, Tunisia - 2 records
• Bodrum, Turkey - 7 records
• Kas & Kekova, Turkey - 11 records
• Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 17 records
• Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 5 records
• Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 123 records
• Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 8 records
• Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 26 records
• New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 2 records
• Newfoundland, Canada - 16 records
• Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 29 records
• Alaska, United States - 2 records
• Hawaii, United States - 1 records
• Mar del Plata, Argentina - 3 records
• Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile - 10 records
• Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1 records
• Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 59 records
• Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 23 records
• Lima & Palomino Islands, Peru - 7 records
• Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 5 records
• Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 2 records
• Bali, Indonesia - 30 records
• Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
• Flores, Indonesia - 12 records
• Halmahera, Indonesia - 8 records
• Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
• Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 4 records
• Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 8 records
• Sulawesi, Indonesia - 40 records
• Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 2 records
• Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 3 records
• Sipadan, Malaysia - 11 records
• Apo Reef, Philippines - 11 records
• Dumaguete, Philippines - 6 records
• Palawan, Philippines - 2 records
• Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 3 records
• Visayas, Philippines - 8 records
• Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 2 records
• Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 1 records