The National Red List Project

NRLD - 225187 | Physeter macrocephalus

Assessment ID
225187
Taxon name
Physeter macrocephalus
Linnaeus, 1758
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Physeter macrocephalus
Linnaeus, 1758
Common name(s)
Cachalot macrocéphale
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
cetacea
Family
physeteridae
Genus
Physeter
Species
macrocephalus
Species authority
Linnaeus, 1758
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
France (Scattered Islands)
Scope (of the Assessment)
Subnational
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
France
French Southern Territories (the)
Country ISO code(s)
FRA
FR-TF
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Not Applicable
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
IUCN French Committee & National Museum for Natural History
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2012) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. Second edition. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iv + 32pp; IUCN (2012) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://inpn.mnhn.fr/docs/LR_FCE/Dossier_presse_Liste_rouge_Vertebres_des_TAAF.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
La Liste rouge des espèces menacées en France - Chapitre Vertébrés des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises
UICN France, MNHN & TAAF (2015). La Liste rouge des espèces menacées en France - Chapitre Vertébrés des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises. Paris, France. Dossier électronique