Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
Pelágico(a,os,as); oceanódromo (Ref. 75906); intervalo de profundidade 0 - 3200 m (Ref. 1005), usually 500 - 500 m (Ref. 75906). Tropical; 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E
Circumglobal.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?, range 830 - 920 cm Max length : 2,400 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 99323); 1200 cm TL (female); Peso máx. publicado: 57.0 t (Ref. 1394)
Largest sperm whale (Ref. 1394). Sperm whaling has a long history. The most intense periods were the Yankee whaling era of the 1800s and the factory ship whaling of the 20th century. Recent findings of studies on social behavior and breeding undermine assumptions in the models on which exploitation and management have long been based. Certain populations have been depleted, but the sperm whale remains the most abundant of all the great whales (Great whales generally include the sperm whale and all baleen whales, except the pygmy right whale) (Ref. 1394). Maximum size of female species based from Ref. 1394.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Mature females live in socially cohesive groups of 10-30 individuals which include immature males and females and within is a communal suckling and caring of the young. Also, males leave the group at the age of 6 (Ref. 97765).
Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Categoria CITES (Ref. 108899)
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
FAO - pescarias: landings, perfil da espécie | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Ferramentas
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 0.3 - 3.8, mean 1.7 (based on 39945 cells).
Resiliência
Baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 4,5 - 14 anos (K=0.05-0.16; tm=10).
Vulnerabilidade
Very high vulnerability (83 of 100).
Categoria de preço
Unknown.
