Perucetus

Translingual

Skeletal diagram

Restoration

Restoration

Etymology

From English Peru (“the country this animal was discovered in”) + Latin cetus (“whale”)

Proper noun

†Perucetus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Basilosauridae – with a single accepted species †Perucetus colossus, an extinct whale.

References

• Perucetus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Perucetus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Perucetus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons