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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Novel Evolution of the Sperm Whale Genome. | Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Whaling Commission - Sperm whale. | Mar 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Evidence from sperm whale clans of symbolic marking in non-human cultures. | Jan 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago - Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm Whale) (PDF). | Aug 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Philosophical Transactions B - Integrating cultural dimensions in sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) conservation: threats, challenges and solutions. | May 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Marine Science - Click-click, who�s there? Acoustically derived estimates of sperm whale size distribution off western Ireland. | Jan 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CellPress - iScience - Toward understanding the communication in sperm whales. | Aug 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Contextual and combinatorial structure in sperm whale vocalisations. | Jun 24, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus). | May 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Mammal Society - Species � Sperm Whale. | Feb 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Novel Evolution of the Sperm Whale Genome. | Oct 17, 2023 | ||
| Changed scientific name from Physeter catodon to Physeter macrocephalus. | Jul 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - Sperm whales: The biggest toothed predator. | Jun 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Sperm whale. | May 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Sperm Whale. | Mar 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Wildlife Federation - Sperm Whale. | Nov 21, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: NOAA Fisheries - Sperm Whale. | Sep 06, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: NOAA Fisheries - Sperm Whale. | Sep 06, 2022 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 31, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 05, 2018 | ||
| Added video. | Feb 09, 2015 | ||
| Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." | Sep 02, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Extreme Science - Sperm whale. | Apr 16, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - Animals - Sperm Whale. | Sep 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Sperm Whale. | Mar 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - All About Whales. | Jun 08, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: None. | Jun 05, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 06, 2003 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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