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Sperm whale jawbone and teeth | Nantucket Whaling Museum

Jawbone (measuring 16 feet) and teeth of a male sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), on display at the Nantucket Whaling Museum. This jawbone was brought back to Nantucket by Captain William Cash of the whaling ship Islander in 1865.

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Whale Sperm Whale Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Odontoceti Physeteridae Physeter macrocephalus Cetartiodactyla Cachalot Marine Mammal Odontocete Physeter catadon Toothed Whale CITES Appendix 1 Vulnerable: IUCN Red List United States of America Massachusetts Nantucket Nantucket Whaling Museum
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Jawbone (measuring 16 feet) and teeth of a male sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), on display at the Nantucket Whaling Museum. This jawbone was brought back to Nantucket by Captain William Cash of the whaling ship Islander in 1865.
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