Sperm

whales
Mammalia
KINGDOM
Sperm Whales (Whales) belong to the animalia
kingdom.

The Animalia kingdom consists of animals.

There are more than 800,000 species in the

Animalia kingdom.
phylum
Sperm whales belong to the phylum CHORDATA.

Chordate is am member which belong to chordata

and the members of chordata contain vertebrates
which mostly involves evolved animals.
CLASS
Sperm Whales belong to the class Mammalia

Although it lives underwater it doesn’t reproduce

through eggs and that is why it is categorised into a
mammal.

Females and Males live together in groups and take

care of the young ones.
ORDER

Sperm whales belong to Cetartiodactyla which

contain eye toed ugulates(hoofed animals)

All the other whales,dolphins mostly belong

to this order.
FAMILY
Sperm whales belong to Physeter macrocephalus

The colour of Physeter macrocephalus is grey and other

features of them include small lower jaw, small fin, and
many humps.

Usually, they don’t have teeth in the upper jaw

 GENUS
Sperm whales belong to Physter.

The features of physter are:

● Long fangs
● Floppy ears

Physeter is a genus of toothed whales .

Fact: Sperm whales are the largest toothed animals in

the world..
 SPECIES
Sperm Whales are scientifically categorised into
P.macrocephalu.\

It is the only species in Physeter genus.